Sinners Jesus and his earliest followers
Carey, Greg (1965-...)
Sinners Jesus and his earliest followers Greg Carey - Tex. Baylor University 2009 - 221tr. Paperback 23cm
`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.`
9781602581463
Jesus Christ -- Friends and associates
232.904 / G818-C27
Sinners Jesus and his earliest followers Greg Carey - Tex. Baylor University 2009 - 221tr. Paperback 23cm
`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.`
9781602581463
Jesus Christ -- Friends and associates
232.904 / G818-C27