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Informationen zum Autor Harry O. Maier is associate professor of New Testament studies at the Vancouver School of Theology, fellow of Green College at the University of British Columbia, and fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Klappentext Focussing 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. Zusammenfassung Focusing on three first- and early-second-century documents, this work is concerned with the social setting of early Christianity. It views that the development of structures of leadership 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Contents for The Social Setting of the Ministry as Reflected in the Writings of Hermas, Clement, and Ignatius by Harry O. Maier Acknowledgemnets Introduction A Topic with a Long History The Early Ministry and the Household: A House-Church Trajectory The Methodology The Strategy Notes Chapter One: The Household in the Ancient World The Traditional Graeco-Roman Household The Household and Mystery Religions and Foreign Cults, Philosophical Schools, Associations, and Jewish Synagogues Summary Notes Chapter Two: The Pauline Epistles Part One: The Genuie Pauline Epistles The Early Pauline Church as Sectarian The Household Context of the Christian Sect House-Church Leadership Part Two: The Pseudonymous Pauline Epistles Colossian and Ephesians The Pastoral Epistles Summary Notes Chapter Three: The Shepherd of Hermas Date Purpose of the Work Relation between the Church and the World Ethics and Separation from the World Notes Chapter Four: I Clement The Setting of the Corinthian Dispute I Clement and Sect Development Institutionalization Legitimation Notes Chapter Five: Ignatius The Social Setting of the Ignatian Epistles Charisma in the Ignatian Epistles Ignatius and Community-Protecting Charisma Legitimation Notes Chapter Six: Epilogue Notes Abbreviations Bibliography Edition of Primary Sources Secondary Sources ...
