Mythmaking and Social Formation in the Study of Early Christianity

Burton Mack has made a number of important contributions to the study of early Christianity. One of, if not the most significant of these contributions is his use of the analytical categories of mythmaking and social formation in his construction of a social theory of religion. The analysis of mythm...

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Main Author: Brown, Ian (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2016]
In: Religion compass
Year: 2016, Volume: 10, Issue: 1, Pages: 15-24
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Mack, Burton L. 1931- / Myth / Social formation / Sociological theory / Religion / Primitive Christianity
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
CH Christianity and Society
HC New Testament
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