Handbook of early Christianity : social science approaches / edited by Anthony J. Blasi, Jean Duhaime and Paul-Andre Turcotte. [print]

Social sciences studying formative Christian phenomena : a creative movement David G. Horrell -- Major social scientific theories : origins, development, and contributions Paul-Andre Turcotte -- General methodological perspective Anthony J. Blasi -- Archaeological and architectural issues and the question of demographic and urban forms Carolyn Osiek -- An illustration of historical inquiry : histories of Jesus and Matthew I.1-25 Ritva H. Williams -- Literary source and redaction criticism Steven L. Bridge -- Statistical textual analysis : a special technique Robert A. Wortham -- Aspects of rhetorical analysis applied to New Testament texts Ernst R. Wendland -- Structuralism and symbolic universes : Second Temple Judaism and the early Christian movement Peter Staples -- Early Christianity as an unorganized ecumenical religious movement Frederick Bird -- Jesus and Palestinian social protest : archaeological and literary perspectives Peter Richardson and Douglas Edwards -- Civilizational encounters in the development of early Christianity Donald A. Nielsen -- Early Christian culture as interaction Anthony J. Blasi -- "Becoming Christian" : solidifying Christian identity and content David G. Horrell -- Sociological insights into the development of Christian leadership roles and community formation Howard Clark Kee -- Establishing social distance between Christians and both Jews and pagans Jack T. Sanders -- Connections with elites in the world of the early Christians Philip A. Harland -- Government and public law in Galilee, Judaea, Hellenistic cities, and the Roman Empire John W. Marshall and Russell Martin -- Persecution Harold Remus -- Vulnerable power : the Roman empire challenged by the early Christians Warren Carter -- The limits of ethnic categories Nicola Denzey -- The economy of first-century Palestine : state of the scholarly discussion Philip A. Harland -- Modes and relations of production Dimitris J. Kyrtatas -- What would you do for a living? / David A. Fiensy -- Conflicting bases of identity in early Christianity : the example of Paul Nicholas H. Taylor -- Dread of the community : a psychoanalytical study of fratricidal conflict in the context of first-century Palestine Richard K. Fenn -- Conversion in early Christianity Jack T. Sanders.

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