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020			_a9781602581463
040			_a1
041			_a1 eng
082			_a232.904
082			_bG818-C27
100			_aCarey, Greg
100			_d(1965-...)
100			_eAuthor
245			_aSinners
245			_bJesus and his earliest followers
245			_cGreg Carey
260			_aTex.
260			_bBaylor University
260			_c2009
300			_a221tr.
300			_bPaperback
300			_c23cm
520			_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.`
650			_aJesus Christ -- Friends and associates
957			_a211001 TKH
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