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A Spiritual Economy

Name: A Spiritual Economy
Price: 73.48 GBP
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Author: Thomas R. Blanton
ISBN: 9780300220407

Gift Exchange in the Letters of Paul of Tarsus

by Thomas R. Blanton

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224 pages
Publisher: Yale University Press
15.6 x 23.4 x 1.8 cm

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For those interested in early church society

Explains the economy of gifts in Pauline letters

Helps you see how faith created social hierarchies

An engaging look at how gift exchange shaped social status and religion in the early Christian world.

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The exchange of gifts is a fundamental part of society and a foundational element in Greco-Roman religions. Combining theories of gift exchange, both modern and Greco-Roman, Thomas Blanton reveals how religious discourse-in the guise of "spiritual gifts" believed to come from Israel's god-is instrumental in the formation of sociopolitical hierarchies and the assignment of honor and prestige. Blanton uses an interdisciplinary approach that incorporates religion, classics, sociology, and anthropology to investigate the economy of gift exchange shown in Paul's letters.