The Tapestry of Early Christian Discourse

Rhetoric, Society and Ideology
1. Auflage 1996
ISBN: 978-0-415-13998-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 420 g

This study establishes a concept of culture and then combines it with Geertz' anthropological concept of thick description. Subsequently, the relation of texts to society and culture is discussed. In this manner, multiple methods of interpretation are used in an organized and programmatic way, allowing the reader insights into the development of early Christianity. In this study, Vernon Robbins expounds and develops his system of socio-rhetorical criticism, bringing together social-scientific and literary-critical approaches to explore early Christanity. This book investigates Christianity as a cultural phenomenon, and treats its canonical texts as ideological constructs.

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Robbins, Vernon K.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Sprachsoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte Frühes Christentum, Patristik, Christliche Archäologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Semantik & Pragmatik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface 1 THE CHALLENGE OF SOCIO-RHETORICAL CRITICISM 2 REDRAWING THE BOUNDARIES WITH SOCIO-RHETORICAL CRITICISM 3 INNER TEXTURE: EVERY READING HAS A SUBTEXT 4 INTERTEXTURE: EVERY COMPARISON HAS BOUNDARIES 5 SOCIAL AND CULTURAL TEXTURE: EVERY MEANING HAS A CONTEXT 6 IDEOLOGICAL TEXTURE: EVERY THEOLOGY HAS A POLITICS 7 THE PROMISE OF SOCIO-RHETORICAL CRITICISM

Über Autor(innen)

Vernon K. Robbins is Professor of Religion at the Department and Graduate Division of Religion, Emory University. He has published widely in the field of biblical interpretation. Among his works are Jesus the Teacher: A Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation of Mark (1984) and New Boundaries in Old Territory (1994).