The Social Setting of the Ministry as Reflected in the Writings of Hermas, Clement and Ignatius
written by Harry O. Maier, 1959-, in Studies in Christianity and Judaism, No. 12 (Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2006, originally published 1991), 245 page(s)
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- Abstract / Summary
- Focusing on three first- and early-second-century documents (the Shepherd of Hermas, 1 Clement and the Ignatian epistles), this work contributes to a growing body of literature concerned with the social setting of early Christianity. Maier argues that the development of structures of leadership in the early Christian church is best accounted for by reference to the hospitality, patronage, and leadership of wealthy hosts who invited local Christian groups to meet in their homes. Sociological models and types are employed to analyze the tensions that arose from excesses of patronage and leadership by the well-to-do. Recognizing the socio-economic setting of these conflicts corrects the interpretation of early Christian conflicts over the ministry as purely theological and doctrinali.
- Field of Interest
- Religion & Thought
- Author
- Harry O. Maier, 1959-
- Copyright Message
- Copyright © 2006 Wilfrid Laurier University Press
- Content Type
- General reference book
- Duration
- 0 sec
- Format
- Text
- Original Publication Date
- 1991
- Page Count
- 245
- Publication Year
- 2006
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press
- Place Published / Released
- Waterloo, ON
- Series Number
- No. 12
- Subject
- Religion & Thought, Social Sciences, Philosophy, الفلسفة, Philosophie, Falsafa, פִילוֹסוֹפִיָה, Filosofía, Filosofia, Pope Clement I, Hermas, 0090-, Ignatius of Antioch, 0050-0098, Christian, Social Views, Ethics, Law & Gospel
- Series / Program
- Studies in Christianity and Judaism
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- الفلسفة, Philosophie, Falsafa, פִילוֹסוֹפִיָה, Filosofía, Filosofia
