01326nam a2200277 a 450000500170000000800200001702000180003704000060005504100100006108200120007108200130008310000160009610000150011210000110012724500120013824500370015024500150018726000090020226000220021126000090023330000110024230000140025330000090026752007290027665000430100520260119070400.02021-11-20 11:14:53  a9781602581463  a1  a1 eng  a232.904  bG818-C27  aCarey, Greg  d(1965-...)  eAuthor  aSinners  bJesus and his earliest followers  cGreg Carey  aTex.  bBaylor University  c2009  a221tr.  bPaperback  c23cm  a`How did early Christians remember Jesus--and how did they develop their own `Christian` identities and communities? In this accessible and revelatory book, Greg Carey explores how transgression contributed to early Christian identity in the Gospels, Acts, Letters of Paul, and Revelation. Carey examines Jesus as a friend of sinners, challenger of purity laws, transgressor of conventional masculine values of his time, and convicted seditionist. He looks at early Christian communities as out of step with `respectable` practices of their time. Finally, he provides examples of contemporary Christians whose faith requires them to `do the right thing,` even when it means violating current definitions of `respectability.`  aJesus Christ -- Friends and associates