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Ritual and religious experience in early Christianities : the spirit in between / David John McCollough.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McCollough, David John, author.
- Series:
- Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe ; 577.
- Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe ; 577
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Epistles of Paul.
- Bible.
- Bible. Luke.
- Initiation rites--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.
- Initiation rites.
- Baptism--Christianity--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.
- Baptism.
- Baptism in the Holy Spirit--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.
- Baptism in the Holy Spirit.
- Experience (Religion)--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.
- Experience (Religion).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (281 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Tübingen, Germany : Mohr Siebeck, [2022]
- Summary:
- "In this volume, David John McCollough challenges the common assumptions that Paul thought the Spirit was communicated through water baptism, that 'justification' was non-experiential and unrelated to ritual, that Luke was incoherent or a poor editor, and that water baptism was the cardinal initiation rite among early Christianities." -- Publisher, page four of cover.
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Exegetical methodology. Introduction ; Acts: the dual problems of hIistoricity and intelligibility ; Methodological problems ; Methodological solutions
- 3. Exegesis. Pauline epistles ; Luke-Acts
- 4. Interpretation. Introduction ; Understanding notions of culture and their relationship to spirit possession ; What's so special about initiation? : ritual forms and Lukan baptism(s) ; Spirit impartation as performative ritual ; Commitment signalling theory : costly and charismatic ; Identity fusion in the early Christian sect : how initiatory spirit-possession formed social bonds among the early Christians ; Sacred values and the early Christian sect ; Emotion and the early Christian sect ; Mediation in the early Christian sect ; Why did people become Christians in the first century?
- Conclusions.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-243) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 3-16-161834-3
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