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Hardback. New. How did second-century Christians vie with each other in seeking to produce an authoritative discourse of Christian identity? This book argues that many early Christians deployed the metaphors of procreation and kinship in the struggle over claims to represent the truth of Christian interpretation, practice, and doctrine. ISBN 0691059802 9780691059808 [GB]

Princeton University Press 1999 Hard cover New How did second-century Christians vie with each other in seeking to produce an authoritative discourse of Christian identity? This book argues that many early Christians deployed the metaphors of procreation and kinship in the struggle over claims to represent the truth of Christian interpretation, practice, and doctrine. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCC1; HRCM; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 485. 1999. Hardcover.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.

ISBN10: 0691059802, ISBN13: 9780691059808, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Hardcover How did second-century Christians vie with each other in seeking to produce an authoritative discourse of Christian identity? This book argues that many early Christians deployed the metaphors of procreation and kinship in the struggle over claims to represent the truth of Christian interpretation, practice, and doctrine. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCC1; HRCM; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 485. . 1999. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
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ISBN10: 0691059802, ISBN13: 9780691059808, [publisher: Princeton Univ Pr] Hardcover 221 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.
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ISBN10: 0691059802, ISBN13: 9780691059808, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Hardcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - How did second-century Christians vie with each other in seeking to produce an authoritative discourse of Christian identity In this innovative book, Denise Buell argues that many early Christians deployed the metaphors of procreation and kinship in the struggle over claims to represent the truth of Christian interpretation, practice, and doctrine. In particular, she examines the intriguing works of the influential theologian Clement of Alexandria (ca. 150-210 c.e.), for whom cultural assumptions about procreation and kinship played an important role in defining which Christians have the proper authority to teach, and which kinds of knowledge are authentic.Buell argues that metaphors of procreation and kinship can serve to make power differentials appear natural. She shows that early Christian authors recognized this and often turned to such metaphors to mark their own positions as legitimate and marginalize others as false. Attention to the functions of this language offers a way out of the trap of reconstructing the development of early Christianity along the axes of 'heresy' and 'orthodoxy,' while not denying that early Christians employed this binary. Ultimately, Buell argues, strategic use of kinship language encouraged conformity over diversity and had a long lasting effect both on ...
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