Community Building in the Shepherd of Hermas

A Critical Study of Some Key Aspects
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-90-04-29885-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 131, 236 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 518 g

Reihe: Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements

In Community Building in the Shepherd of Hermas, Mark Grundeken investigates key aspects of Christian community life as reflected upon in the early Christian writing the Shepherd of Hermas (2nd century C.E.). Grundeken’s thematic study deals with various topics: the community’s identity, including its (alleged) ‘Jewish Christianness’, (lack of) resurrection belief, sectarian tendencies and its relation to the authorities and to the emperor cult; social features, encompassing gender roles and charity; and rituals such as baptism, metanoia, Eucharistic meals, the Sunday collection, dancing (and singing), the ‘holy kiss’ and reading of Scripture. The many fruitful entries prove Hermas to be one of the main texts for studying the development of community building in the early church.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Grundeken, Mark

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Geschichte der Theologie, Einzelne Theologen
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte Frühes Christentum, Patristik, Christliche Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1. Jewish Christianity
2. Resurrection Belief
3. Sectarianism
4. The Roman Empire
5. Women
6. “Charity”
7. Baptism and Metanoia
8. Community Meals
9. The Sunday Collection
10. Dancing (and Singing)
11. The “Holy Kiss”
General Conclusions
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Mark Grundeken, Ph.D. (2013), KU Leuven, is Akademischer Rat at the University of Freiburg, Germany. He has published several articles on early Christianity and edited with Joseph Verheyden the volume Early Christian Communities between Ideal and Reality (Mohr Siebeck, 2015).