The first urban Christians : the social world of the Apostle Paul / Wayne A. Meeks.

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Meeks, Wayne A.

Title & Author:

The first urban Christians : the social world of the Apostle Paul / Wayne A. Meeks.

Publication:

Description:

x, 299 pages : map ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-278) and indexes.
Urban environment of Pauline Christianity -- Social level of Pauline Christians -- Formation of the ekklēsia -- Governance -- Ritual -- Patterns of belief and patterns of life.

Summary:

Meeks analyzes the letters of Paul to see what kind of people joined the Christian groups in the urban centers and what it was like to be a Christian then.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0300028768
9780300028768
0300032447
9780300032444
0300098618 (pbk.)
9780300098617 (pbk.)

Subject:

Paul, the Apostle, Saint.
Paul, l'apôtre, saint.
Paulus Apostel, Heiliger
Paulus Apostel.
Christian sociology History Early church, ca. 30-600.
Sociology, Christian Early church, ca.30-600.
Sociologie religieuse Christianisme Histoire ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
Christian sociology Early church
Milieu
Sozialgeschichte
Soziologie
Stadt
Urchristentum
Urbanität
Vroege kerk.
Brieven van Paulus.
Christianity, to ca 65 - Sociological perspectives

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History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 141579
Call No.: PO510; ID:87-B17805
Status: Available

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