The Ancient Church as FamilyFortress Press, 2001 - 295 pàgines The author explores the literature of the first three centuries of the church in terms of group identity and formation as surrogate kinship. Why did this become the organizing model in the earliest churches? How did historical developments intervene to shift the paradigm? How do ancient Mediterranean kinship structures correlate with church formation? Hellerman traces the fascinating story of these developments over three centuries and what brought them about. His focus is the New Testament documents (especially Paul's letters), second-century authors, and concluding with Cyprian in the third century. Kinship terminology in these writings, behaviors of group solidarity, and the symbolic power of kinship language in these groups are examined. |
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Christianity in Its Social Environment | 1 |
Explaining the Expansion of Early Christianity | 2 |
Sociological Explanations | 3 |
A Road Map for the Following Chapters | 25 |
Mediterranean Family Systems Structure and Relationships | 27 |
Relational Strategies and Values | 31 |
Patrilocal Residence and the Family as a Producing Unit | 32 |
Mothers and Sons | 33 |
SecondCentury Christian Writers | 127 |
Clement of Rome | 129 |
Family Language in 1 Clement | 130 |
Family Activity in 1 Clement | 132 |
Innovation in Clements Use of the Family Metaphor | 133 |
Ignatius of Antioch | 139 |
Ignatiuss Use of Family Language | 140 |
Family Activity in the Ignatian Epistles | 141 |
The Central Relational Priority | 35 |
Ancestors and Inheritance | 51 |
Conclusion | 58 |
Origins of the Surrogate Kin Group Idea | 59 |
The People of God as Understood among Second Temple Judeans | 63 |
The People of God according to Jesus of Nazareth | 64 |
The Distinctive Nature of Jesus Perspective | 69 |
The Dominance of the Kinship Metaphor | 70 |
The Practice of PKG Solidarity | 71 |
A Radical Change of Loyalties | 72 |
A Comparison | 73 |
The Dominance of the Kinship Metaphor | 74 |
The Practice of PKG Solidarity | 75 |
A Radical Change of Loyalties | 76 |
God as Father of the Community | 77 |
Orientation toward Outsiders | 80 |
The Communities of Paul of Tarsus | 92 |
Language and the Social Order | 93 |
1 Corinthians | 95 |
Pauls Rhetorical Strategy | 96 |
Family Terminology in 1 Corinthians | 99 |
Generalized Reciprocity | 104 |
Familial Loyalty | 106 |
2 Corinthians | 109 |
Pauls Collection for the Jerusalem Community | 110 |
Romans | 114 |
Philemon | 119 |
Galatians 1 Thessalonians and Philippians | 120 |
Conclusion | 126 |
Innovation in the Ignatian Corpus | 142 |
Justin Martyr | 145 |
Kinship Terminology in Justins Writings | 146 |
Justin and Family Behavior | 147 |
Innovation in Justins Use of Father and Sibling Language | 151 |
Clement of Alexandria | 152 |
Irenaeus | 157 |
Conclusion | 165 |
North African Christianity | 168 |
Passion of Perpetua | 169 |
Tertullian | 173 |
Tertullian on Family Loyalty | 175 |
Harmony among Siblings | 177 |
Tertullian and Generalized Reciprocity | 180 |
Cyprian | 182 |
Examination of Specific Epistles | 184 |
Survey of Cyprians Other Works | 194 |
Conclusion | 211 |
Summary and Evaluation | 213 |
The Highly Corporate Nature of the Ancient Family | 214 |
The Priority of the Sibling Bond | 215 |
The Church as a Family | 216 |
Family as Praxis | 221 |
Conclusion | 225 |
Abbreviations | 226 |
Notes | 231 |
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