Early Christianity as subject of a cultural history: delimitations, concepts of analysis and research routes
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https://doi.org/10.5433/1984-3356.2015v8n16p31Keywords:
Cultural history, Early christianity, Culture as language, Early christian narrativeAbstract
This article raises questions about the possibilities and limits of a cultural history of Early Christianity. It presents some key-works that anticipate and come close to the questions of a cultural history, such as the history of religious ideas and doctrine, historical psychology, the history of popular religiosity, among others. In the following section, the article discusses the terminology of this research field, and the scope of its chronology and documentation. Finally, the article proposes the study of the “mental categories” of Early Christianity by means of its narrative and fictional texts and the understanding of it as a system of language.References
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MOSS, Candida. Ancient Christian Martyrdom: Diverse Practices, Theologies, and Traditions. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012.
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NOGUEIRA, Paulo A. S. Religião e Linguagem. Abordagens teóricas interdisciplinares. São Paulo: Paulus, 2015.
NOGUEIRA, Paulo A. S. Traduções do intraduzível. A semiótica da cultura e o estudo de textos religiosos nas bordas da semiosfera. Estudos de Religião, v.29, n.1, p. 102-123, 2015.
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PERKINS, Judith. Roman Imperial Identities in the Early Christian Era. London: Routledge, 2008.
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PIXLEY, Jorge (Ed.). Cristianismos Originários Extra-palestinos (35-138 d.C.). Revista de Interpretação Bíblica Latino-americana. Petrópolis, v. 29, 1998.
PIXLEY, Jorge (Org.). A canonização dos escritos apostólicos. Revista de Interpretação Bíblica Latino-americana, Petrópolis, v. 42/43, 2002.
RHEE, Helen. Early Christian Literature. Christ and Culture in the Second and Third Centuries. New York: Routledge, 2005.
RICHARD, Pablo (Ed.). Cristianismos Originários (30-70 d.C.). Revista de Interpretação Bíblica Latino-americana, Petrópolis, 22, 1996.
ROWLAND, Christopher. Christian Origins. An Account of the Setting and Character of the most Important Messianic Sect of Judaism. 2. ed. London: SCM, 2002.
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THEISSEN, Gerd. Erleben und Verhalten der ersten Christen. Eine Psychologie des Urchristentums. Gütersloh: Gütersloherverlagshaus, 2007.
ZABATIERO, Júlio P. T. Uma história cultural de Israel. São Paulo: Paulus, 2013.
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NOGUEIRA, Paulo Augusto de Souza. Early Christianity as subject of a cultural history: delimitations, concepts of analysis and research routes. Antíteses, [S. l.], v. 8, n. 16, p. 31–49, 2016. DOI: 10.5433/1984-3356.2015v8n16p31. Disponível em: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/antiteses/article/view/22732. Acesso em: 24 jul. 2024.
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