{"product_id":"christ-groups-and-associations-9781481318211","title":"Christ Groups and Associations","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresents 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroducing the Conversation, by Richard S. Ascough\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One: Initiating the Conversation (1866-1927)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1 St. Paul and the Pagan Guilds (1927), by Thomas Wilson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2 Religious Legislation of the Period (1905), by Ernest Renan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3 Bishops and Deacons (1881), by Edwin Hatch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4 Christianity and the Collegia (1906), E. G. Hardy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5 Edwin Hatch, Churches, and Collegia (1993), by John S. Kloppenborg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6 On the Exegetical Interest in Ancient Associations in the 19th and 20th Centures (2006), by Thomas Schmeller\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two: Reanimating the Conversation (1960-1984)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7 Unofficial Associations: Koinonia (1960), by E. A. Judge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8 Patrons and Officers in Club and Church (1977), by William L. Countryman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9 Christianity as a Burial Society (1984), by Robert L. Wilken\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10 A Hellenistic Cult Group and the New Testament Churches (1981), by S. C. Barton and G. H. R. Horsley\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11 The Formation of the  \u003ci\u003eEkklēsia\u003c\/i\u003e (1983), by Wayne A. Meeks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three: Moving the Conversation Forward (1999-2013)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12 Paul's House Churches and the Cultic Associations (1999), by James Harrison\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13 Voluntary Associations and the Formation of Pauline Churches: Overcoming the Objections (2006), by Richard S. Ascough\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e14 Roman Legislation on Associations and Christian Communities (2002), by Markus Öhler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e15 Christ-Bearers and Fellow-Initiates: Local Cultural Life and Christian Identity in Ignatius' Letters (2003), by Philip A. Harland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e16 Membership Practices in Pauline Christ Groups (2013), by John S. Kloppenborg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Baylor University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040556253527,"sku":"9781481318211","price":44.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781481318211.jpg?v=1750947102","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/christ-groups-and-associations-9781481318211","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}