Early Christian prayer and identity formation /
The contributors of this volume address the question of identity among Christ-believers from the viewpoint of prayer. Prayer brings into the discussion several dimensions that make up religious identity. It is attested rather early that prayer was theology performed, and thus intertwined with emergi...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Tübingen, Germany :
Mohr Siebeck,
[2014]
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| Series: | Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament ;
336. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | The contributors of this volume address the question of identity among Christ-believers from the viewpoint of prayer. Prayer brings into the discussion several dimensions that make up religious identity. It is attested rather early that prayer was theology performed, and thus intertwined with emerging theologies. Furthermore, prayer was Christocentric in orientation and focus. As of yet, these aspects have not received due attention in scholarly discussions. Christian identity, albeit fragile and complex, was taking shape already in the first century and found itself on the verge between textu. |
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| Item Description: | "This book resulted from a research project in the Department of New Testament Studies at the Norwegian School of Theology (MF), Oslo. Some international and mostly national colleagues participated in the two workshops held in Oslo autumn 2011 and 2012, where submitted papers were presented and discussed."--Preface. EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America EBSCO eBook Religion Collection Worldwide |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 421 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9783161535215 3161535219 1322490848 9781322490847 |
