{"product_id":"the-early-church-298492","title":"The Early Church","description":"This study of the early church is written from a new religious and theological studies perspective. It builds on recent research in ancient history, archaeology, classical and oriental and cognate studies and also takes account of recent developments in reception studies, in particular in the area of popular literature, fiction, film, art and new religions. ???One of its aims is to demonstrate how certain perceptions of the early church still dominate the western cultural discourse and how important it is for a fruitful development of that discourse to inform it with a well grounded, well (historically) informed, notion of 'the early church'. ???The book falls into seven chapters. \u003cstrong\u003eChapter I\u003c\/strong\u003e discusses the concepts of 'the early church', 'early Christianity', its wording and history, including wider aspects of reception. \u003cstrong\u003eChapter II\u003c\/strong\u003e deals with concepts of history, memory and cultural origins in early Christian thought. \u003cstrong\u003eChapter III\u003c\/strong\u003e outlines varieties of religious traditions in the wider context of 'the early church', including 'heresies' or other religions like Gnosticism, Montanism and Manichaeism. \u003cstrong\u003eChapter IV\u003c\/strong\u003e introduces religious practices of early Christians and their perception in history, especially in western art. \u003cstrong\u003eChapter V\u003c\/strong\u003e deals with the emerging separation of religion and society in Late Antiquity. In \u003cstrong\u003eChapter VI\u003c\/strong\u003e we outline the formation of orthodoxy, including the developments of creeds and the phenomenon of councils, and in \u003cstrong\u003eChapter VII\u003c\/strong\u003e chapter we will look at the phenomenon of 'De-Hellenization' and the formation of 'national' 'christianities' on the fringes of the old Mediterranean world..  \u003cbr\u003e***-Publisher.***  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis introductory study is written from a new religious and theological studies perspective. Building on latest research in history and archaeology it also deals with reception studies, including popular literature, fiction, film, art and new religions. **The book illustrates how perceptions of the early church still dominate the wider cultural discourse and how much that discourse is in need of a historically informed notion of 'the early church'.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eThe book falls into seven chapters. Chapter I discusses concepts like 'early church' and 'early Christianity' and wider aspects of reception. Chapter II deals with concepts of history, memory and cultural origins in early Christian thought and its study. Chapter III outlines varieties of religious traditions in the context of the early church, especially Hellenistic Judaism. Chapter IV discusses Jewish and Gentile identities in the early church. Chapter V deals with the emergence of an early Christian literature. Chapter VI outlines the development of early Christian religious practices, and Chapter VII looks at leadership and political structures in and around the early church and their implications.**","brand":"Koorong","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51562981982495,"sku":"9780567464644","price":239.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/8981\/8143\/files\/9780567464644_548834.jpg?v=1769162690","url":"https:\/\/koorong.com\/products\/the-early-church-298492","provider":"Koorong","version":"1.0","type":"link"}