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In the World but Not of the World

The Liminal Life of Pre-Constantine Christian Communities

  • Paperback
  • 258 pages
  • Publisher: Pickwick Publications
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.4 cm

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For those interested in early church history.

Explains how social structures shaped early faith.

You will gain fresh insights into cultural witness.

Discover how early Christians transformed society by living out new relationships within their communities.

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There has been much discussion of two dimensions of the kingdom of God in scholarship: the temporal (already/not yet) and the embodied (spirit/flesh). Russell proposes that there is a third parallel dimension, a social dimension. Using Victor Turner's concepts of structure, antistructure, and liminality, Russell explores how these concepts are consistently expressed in Jesus' teaching, in Paul's writing, and through the writers of the second and third centuries. She demonstrates how, from the very beginning of the Jesus movement, Christ followers were unique, not because their members were to live liminal lives apart from structure, but because they lived out new antistructural relationships within existing structures and thus transformed them. They lived liminally within their structure.
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  • Title

    In the World but Not of the World

  • Author

    Russell A. Sue Russell

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Pickwick Publications

  • Published

    November 2019

  • Weight

    355g

  • Page Count

    258

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.4 cm

  • ISBN

    9781532644740

  • ISBN-10

    1532644744

  • Eden Code

    5147803