Aliens and sojourners : self as other in early Christianity /
Why did early Christians claim their "otherness" as resident aliens, strangers, and sojourners so vocally? Aliens and Sojourners explores the markedly different ways that Christians used the rhetoric of their own marginality in order to variously situate Christian identity in relation to t...
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| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Language notes: | In English. |
| Imprint: | Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2009. |
| Series: | Divinations.
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| Online Access: | Click here for full text at JSTOR |
| Summary: | Why did early Christians claim their "otherness" as resident aliens, strangers, and sojourners so vocally? Aliens and Sojourners explores the markedly different ways that Christians used the rhetoric of their own marginality in order to variously situate Christian identity in relation to the ancient Roman world. Why did early Christians claim their "otherness" as resident aliens, strangers, and sojourners so vocally? Aliens and Sojourners explores the markedly different ways that Christians used the rhetoric of their own marginality in order to variously situate Christian identity in relation to the ancient Roman world. |
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| Item Description: | OldControl:muse9780812201819. Print version record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (186 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0812201817 9780812201819 |
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