Modelling Christian Cult Groups among Graeco-Roman Cults

A Response

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ID22037726
AuthorsChris L De Wet (0000-0002-2628-2013, University of South Africa, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume10
Issue3
Pages57-63
Publication date2020-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Early Christian History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2222-582X • E-ISSN: 2471-4054
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/2222582x.2021.1948348
OpenAlexW3182637353
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited8

This response engages with the articles in the themed issue of Journal of Early Christian History focusing on “modelling Christian cult groups among Graeco-Roman cults.” Three articles in the themed issue are responded to, namely those of Jin Hwan Lee and Jarkko Vikman, on the relationship between early Christian groups and ancient associations, and that of Margaret Froelich, about the debate on the consumption of sacrificed meat in 1 Cor 8. The response concludes that the view that early Christ followers were more “accommodating” of diverse cult participation and shaped their religious identity more instinctively as a habitus assists us in deconstructing traditional understandings of early Christianity as wholly unique and wholly different. As ancient associations and/or Graeco-Roman cults per se we might then suspect that the first groups of Christ followers were much more “at home” in Graeco-Roman society than Christian authors of the third and fourth centuries, and beyond, would want us to believe

Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Christianity · Criminology · Cult · Early Christianity · Ethnography · Habitus · Sociology · Suspect · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · History · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious studies

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