Once Again: Modelling Early Christian Social Formations and Christ-Cult Groups among Graeco-Roman Cults

This essay traces the gradual development of an understanding of early Christian social formations and Christ-cult groups as subsets of Graeco-Roman associations from the History of Religions School in the nineteenth century to the present day. It argues that such an etic perspective is indispensabl...

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Main Author: van den Heever, Gerhard (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020
In: Journal of early Christian history
Year: 2020, Volume: 10, Issue: 3, Pages: 1-11
RelBib Classification:BE Greco-Roman religions
CB Christian life; spirituality
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
Further subjects:B History of religion
B Graeco-roman Associations
B Christ-cult groups
B early Christian social formations
B Comparative Religion
B modelling cult groups
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