After the First Urban Christians

After the First Urban Christians
Author: Todd D. Still
Publisher: T&T Clark
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2009-11-13
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

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'After the First Urban Christians' introduces the groundbreaking volume 'The First Urban Christians' to a new generation of students, scholars, and even general readers.

The First Urban Christians

The First Urban Christians
Author: Wayne A. Meeks
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2003-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780300098617

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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.

The Moral World of the First Christians

The Moral World of the First Christians
Author: Wayne A. Meeks
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages: 188
Release: 1986-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780664250140

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Describes the social setting of the early Christians, looks at the Greek and Roman ethical traditions, and explains the moral formation of the beginning Christian movement

Who Were the First Christians?

Who Were the First Christians?
Author: Thomas Arthur Robinson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2017
Genre: History
ISBN: 0190620544

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Challenges the consensus view of the urban character of early Christianity Demonstrates that almost every scenario in reconstructing early Christian growth is mathematically improbable and in many case impossible unless a rural dimension of the Christian movement is factored in Points to the likelihood that the marginal and the rustic made up a larger part of its membership than is generally recognized.

The First Urban Churches 2

The First Urban Churches 2
Author: James R. Harrison
Publisher: SBL Press
Total Pages: 371
Release: 2016-11-11
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0884141128

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Investigate the challenges, threats, and opportunities experienced by the early church Volume two of The First Urban Churches focuses on the urban context of Christian churches in first-century Roman Corinth. An investigation of the material evidence of Corinth helps readers today understand properly the challenges, threats, and opportunities that the early Corinthian believers faced in the city. The essays demonstrate decisively the difference that such an approach makes in grappling with the meaning and context of the Corinthian epistles in the New Testament. Features: Analysis of urban evidence of the inscriptions, papyri, archaeological remains, coins, and iconography Proposed reeconstructions of the past and its social, religious, and political significance A nuanced, informed portrait of ancient urban life in Corinth

The Urban World and the First Christians

The Urban World and the First Christians
Author: Steve Walton
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2017
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0802874517

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In the tradition of The First Urban Christians by Wayne Meeks, this book explores the relationship between the earliest Christians and the city environment. Experts in classics, early Christianity, and human geography analyze the growth, development, and self-understanding of the early Christian movement in urban settings. The book's contributors first look at how the urban physical, cultural, and social environments of the ancient Mediterranean basin affected the ways in which early Christianity progressed. They then turn to how the earliest Christians thought and theologized in their engagement with cities. With a rich variety of expertise and scholarship, The Urban World and the First Christians is an important contribution to the understanding of early Christianity.

After the First Urban Christians

After the First Urban Christians
Author: Todd D. Still
Publisher: T&T Clark
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2009-11-13
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

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Church After Christendom

Church After Christendom
Author: Williams Stuart Murray
Publisher: Authentic Media Inc
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2013-08-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1780784015

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How will the western church negotiate the demise of Christendom? Can it rediscover its primary calling, recover its authentic ethos and regain its nerve? If churches are to thrive--or even survive--disturbing questions need to be confronted and answered. In conversation with Christians who have left the church and with those who are experimenting with fresh expressions of church, Stuart Murray explores both the emerging and inherited church scenes and makes proposals for the development of a way of being church suitable for a postdenominational, postcommitment and post-Christendom era. With chapters on mission, community and worship, Church After Christendom offers a vision of church life that is healthy, sustainable, liberating, peaceful and missional.

After the Apostles

After the Apostles
Author: Walter H. Wagner
Publisher: Fortress Press
Total Pages: 312
Release:
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781451419863

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Through deft use of available data and texts, Wagner brings the enigmatic second century to life. Selecting five fateful challenges--issues of Creation, human nature, Jesus' identities, roles of the church, and Christians in society--he shows what was at stake for emerging Christianity and how its five key players responded. Map; glossary; bibliography.

After You Believe

After You Believe
Author: N. T. Wright
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2010-03-02
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0061730556

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From the author of the acclaimed Simply Christian and Surprised by Hope comes a book that addresses the question that has plagued humans for centuries—what is our purpose? As Christians, what are we to do with that ambiguous time between baptism and the funeral? It's easy to become preoccupied with who gets into heaven; the real challenge is how we are going to live in the here and now. Wright dispels the common misconception that Christian living is nothing more than a checklist of dos and don'ts. Nor is it a prescription to "follow your heart" wherever it may lead. Instead, After You Believe reveals the Bible's call for a revolution—a transformation of character that takes us beyond our earthly pursuit of money, sex, and power into a virtuous state of living that allows us to reflect God and live more worshipful, fulfilling lives. We are all spiritual seekers, intuitively knowing there is more to life than we suspect. This is a book for anyone who is hoping there is something more while we're here on Earth. There is. We are being called to join the revolution, and Wright insightfully encourages readers to find new purpose and clarity by taking us on an eye-opening journey through key biblical passages that promise to radically alter the work of the church and the direction of our lives.