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Book Synopsis
Presents some of the key figures and their arguments across three major periods of interest in the development of using associations as a model for understanding early Christ groups. A new introduction orients the reader to the important contributions of each essay.

Table of Contents
  • Introducing the Conversation, by Richard S. Ascough
  • Part One: Initiating the Conversation (1866-1927)
  • 1 St. Paul and the Pagan Guilds (1927), by Thomas Wilson
  • 2 Religious Legislation of the Period (1905), by Ernest Renan
  • 3 Bishops and Deacons (1881), by Edwin Hatch
  • 4 Christianity and the Collegia (1906), E. G. Hardy
  • 5 Edwin Hatch, Churches, and Collegia (1993), by John S. Kloppenborg
  • 6 On the Exegetical Interest in Ancient Associations in the 19th and 20th Centures (2006), by Thomas Schmeller
  • Part Two: Reanimating the Conversation (1960-1984)
  • 7 Unofficial Associations: Koinonia (1960), by E. A. Judge
  • 8 Patrons and Officers in Club and Church (1977), by William L. Countryman
  • 9 Christianity as a Burial Society (1984), by Robert L. Wilken
  • 10 A Hellenistic Cult Group and the New Testament Churches (1981), by S. C. Barton and G. H. R. Horsley
  • 11 The Formation of the Ekklēsia (1983), by Wayne A. Meeks
  • Part Three: Moving the Conversation Forward (1999-2013)
  • 12 Paul's House Churches and the Cultic Associations (1999), by James Harrison
  • 13 Voluntary Associations and the Formation of Pauline Churches: Overcoming the Objections (2006), by Richard S. Ascough
  • 14 Roman Legislation on Associations and Christian Communities (2002), by Markus Öhler
  • 15 Christ-Bearers and Fellow-Initiates: Local Cultural Life and Christian Identity in Ignatius' Letters (2003), by Philip A. Harland
  • 16 Membership Practices in Pauline Christ Groups (2013), by John S. Kloppenborg

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      Publisher: Baylor University Press
      Publication Date: 8/15/2022 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781481318211, 978-1481318211
      ISBN10: 1481318217

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Presents some of the key figures and their arguments across three major periods of interest in the development of using associations as a model for understanding early Christ groups. A new introduction orients the reader to the important contributions of each essay.

      Table of Contents
      • Introducing the Conversation, by Richard S. Ascough
      • Part One: Initiating the Conversation (1866-1927)
      • 1 St. Paul and the Pagan Guilds (1927), by Thomas Wilson
      • 2 Religious Legislation of the Period (1905), by Ernest Renan
      • 3 Bishops and Deacons (1881), by Edwin Hatch
      • 4 Christianity and the Collegia (1906), E. G. Hardy
      • 5 Edwin Hatch, Churches, and Collegia (1993), by John S. Kloppenborg
      • 6 On the Exegetical Interest in Ancient Associations in the 19th and 20th Centures (2006), by Thomas Schmeller
      • Part Two: Reanimating the Conversation (1960-1984)
      • 7 Unofficial Associations: Koinonia (1960), by E. A. Judge
      • 8 Patrons and Officers in Club and Church (1977), by William L. Countryman
      • 9 Christianity as a Burial Society (1984), by Robert L. Wilken
      • 10 A Hellenistic Cult Group and the New Testament Churches (1981), by S. C. Barton and G. H. R. Horsley
      • 11 The Formation of the Ekklēsia (1983), by Wayne A. Meeks
      • Part Three: Moving the Conversation Forward (1999-2013)
      • 12 Paul's House Churches and the Cultic Associations (1999), by James Harrison
      • 13 Voluntary Associations and the Formation of Pauline Churches: Overcoming the Objections (2006), by Richard S. Ascough
      • 14 Roman Legislation on Associations and Christian Communities (2002), by Markus Öhler
      • 15 Christ-Bearers and Fellow-Initiates: Local Cultural Life and Christian Identity in Ignatius' Letters (2003), by Philip A. Harland
      • 16 Membership Practices in Pauline Christ Groups (2013), by John S. Kloppenborg

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