Orthodoxy and Heresy in Early Christian Contexts: Reconsidering the Bauer Thesis - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 1610975049 ISBN 13 : 9781610975049

Editeur : Pickwick Publications, 2015

Synopsis

Eighty years ago, Walter Bauer promulgated a bold and provocative thesis about early Christianity. He argued that many forms of Christianity started the race, but one competitor pushed aside the others, until this powerful "orthodox" version won the day. The victors re-wrote history, marginalizing all other perspectives and silencing their voices, even though the alternatives possessed equal right to the title of normative Christianity. Bauer's influence still casts a long shadow on early Christian scholarship. Were heretical movements the original forms of Christianity? Did the heretics outnumber the orthodox? Did orthodox heresiologists accurately portray their opponents? And more fundamentally, how can one make any objective distinction between "heresy" and "orthodoxy"? Is such labeling merely the product of socially situated power? Did numerous, valid forms of Christianity exist without any validating norms of Christianity? This collection of essays, each written by a relevant authority, tackles such questions with scholarly acumen and careful attention to historical, cultural-geographical, and socio-rhetorical detail. Although recognizing the importance of Bauer's critical insights, innovative methodologies, and fruitful suggestions, the contributors expose numerous claims of the Bauer thesis (in both original and recent manifestations) that fall short of the historical evidence.

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Paul Anthony Hartog (PhD, Loyola University Chicago) is a Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Studies at Faith Baptist Seminary. He is the author of Polycarp and the New Testament (2002) and Polycarp's Epistle to the Philippians and the Martyrdom of Polycarp (2013), and he is the editor of The Contemporary Church and the Early Church: Case Studies in Ressourcement (Pickwick, 2010).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pickwick Publications
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1610975049
• ISBN 13: 9781610975049
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Éditeur: Hartog Paul A.
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