Religious Experience in Earliest Christianity: by Luke Johnson

Author: Luke Timothy Johnson

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A Missing Dimension in New Testament StudiesLuke Johnson here issues a provocative call for a radically new direction in New Testament studies that can change the way we have viewed the entire phenomenon of early Christianity.Johnson is convinced that the dominant ways of studying early Christianity tend to miss its specifically religious character, because of a disjunction between formal religion and "popular" religion. He proposes in this book, by means of three case studies--baptism, glossolalia, and meals--to show how a more wholistic, phenomenological approach can be made. This makes possible the inclusion of the world of healings and religious power, of ecstay and spirit--in short, the religious experience of real persons in the study of early Christianity.Johnson concludes that there is still much to be learned about early Christianity as a religion, if we can find a way to get at the category of real experience. He maintains that early Christian texts reflect lives that are caught up by and defined by a power not in their control but controlled instead by the crucified and raised Messiah Jesus.Contents:Preface1. What's Missing from Christian Origins2. Getting at Christian Experience3. Ritual Imprinting and the Politics of Perfection4. Glossolalia and the Embarrassments of Experiments5. Meals Are Where the Magic IsEpilogueAbout the AuthorLuke Timothy Johnson is Robert W. Woodruff Professor of New Testament at Candler School of Theology, Emory University. Among his books is the bestselling The Writings of the New Testament (Fortress Press, 1986) and The Real Jesus (HarperSanFrancisco, 1996).Publisher: Fortress PressPublication Date: Apr 29 1998Format: paperback6 in. x 9 in.224 pages

Religious Experience in Earliest Christianity: by Luke Johnson Author: Luke Timothy Johnson
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A Missing Dimension in New Testament Studies

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