Author: Günter WagnerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : de
Pages : 329
Book Description
Pauline Baptism and the Pagan Mysteries
Author: Günter WagnerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baptism
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Pauline Baptism and the pagan mysteries
Author: Günter WagnerPauline baptism and the pagan mysteries
Author: Günter WagnerPauline Baptism and the Pagan Mysteries
Author: Theologian WagnerPauline Baptism and the Pagan Mysteries: the Problem of Hte Pauline Doctrine of Baptism in Romans VI. I-II, in the Light of Its Religio-Historical "Parallels"
Author: Günter WagnerPauline Baptism among the Mysteries
Author: Donghyun JeongPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110791501
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
This monograph provides an alternative model for looking at the old question about Paul and the mysteries in a new light. Specifically, this study compares rituals—baptism in the Pauline communities and the initiation rituals of the mysteries—through the lens of cultural anthropology and the sociology of religion. Three research questions lead the project: What benefits does each initiation ritual promise its participants? What are the underlying messages or structures that guarantee the efficacy of those rituals? How and to what extent is the initiation ritual connected to the participants’ cognition and ethics beyond initiation itself? Taking those questions as the analytical framework, this study substantiates two points: first, in terms of ritual messages, baptism in the Pauline communities is a ritual analogous to mystery initiation, and second, Paul is an innovative interpreter of ritual who recalibrates the messages of preexisting rituals for his theological and ethical program, seeking to radically extend the implications of initiation to the embodied life of every Christ-believer. Students and scholars of New Testament, early Christianity, classics, and ritual studies will benefit from engaging this volume.
Pauline Baptism among the Mysteries
Author: Donghyun JeongPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110791382
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
This monograph provides an alternative model for looking at the old question about Paul and the mysteries in a new light. Specifically, this study compares rituals—baptism in the Pauline communities and the initiation rituals of the mysteries—through the lens of cultural anthropology and the sociology of religion. Three research questions lead the project: What benefits does each initiation ritual promise its participants? What are the underlying messages or structures that guarantee the efficacy of those rituals? How and to what extent is the initiation ritual connected to the participants’ cognition and ethics beyond initiation itself? Taking those questions as the analytical framework, this study substantiates two points: first, in terms of ritual messages, baptism in the Pauline communities is a ritual analogous to mystery initiation, and second, Paul is an innovative interpreter of ritual who recalibrates the messages of preexisting rituals for his theological and ethical program, seeking to radically extend the implications of initiation to the embodied life of every Christ-believer. Students and scholars of New Testament, early Christianity, classics, and ritual studies will benefit from engaging this volume.
Das Religionsgeschichtliche Problem Von Römer 6, I-II. Pauline Baptism and the Pagan Mysteries. The Problem of the Pauline Doctrine of Baptism in Romans VI, I-II, in the Light of Its Religio-historical "parallels" ... Translated by J.P. Smith
Author: Guenter WAGNER (D.Theol.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Baptism in the Early Church
Author: Everett FergusonPublisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 0802827489
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 988
Book Description
A comprehensive survey of the doctrine and practice of baptism in the first five centuries of Christian history, arranged geographically within chronological periods.
Backgrounds of Early Christianity
Author: Everett FergusonPublisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 9780802822215
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
New to this expanded & updated edition are revisions of Ferguson's original material, updated bibliographies, & a fresh dicussion of first century social life, the Dead Sea Scrolls & much else.