Description |
xi, 257 pages ; 22 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Laus imperii / P.A. Brunt -- Who is the true prophet? / Dieter Georgi -- Rituals and power / S.R.F. Price -- The power of images / Paul Zanker -- Patronal power relations / Peter Garnsey and Richard Saller --Patronage in Roman Corinth / John K. Chow -- The veil of power / Richard Gordon -- God turned upside down / Dieter Georgi -- Imperial ideology and Paul's eschatology in 1 Thessalonians / Helmut Koester -- The anti-imperial message of the cross ; Romans 13:1-7 in the context of imperial propaganda / Neil Elliott -- The imperial cults of Thessalonica and political conflict in 1 Thessalonians / Karl P. Donfried -- The praxis of coequal discipleship / Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza -- 1 Corinthians : a case study of Paul's assembly as an alternative society / Richard A. Horsley. |
Subject |
Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
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Religion and politics -- Rome -- History.
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Paul, the Apostle, Saint.
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Paul, the Apostle, Saint. |
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Emperor worship -- Rome.
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Added Author |
Horsley, Richard A.
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ISBN |
1563382172 paperback alkaline paper |
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