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Understanding the First Hundred Years of Christian Identity

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Author

Editor

  • Bengt Holmberg

Summary, in English

After stating that there did exist an early Christ-believing movement in the first century CE, distinct enough to be investigated, the chapter gives a review of recent scholarly approaches to what "Christian identity" is. Answers range from a textual reality only, to an ideological construct, or rhetorical construction with social effectiveness, or an autonomous inner structure of the semiotic system of the movement, or, finally, the self-understanding of the movement evolving in a feedback process.

Publishing year

2008

Language

English

Pages

1-32

Publication/Series

Exploring Early Christian Identity

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Mohr Siebeck

Topic

  • Philosophy, Ethics and Religion

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 978-3-16-149674-5