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Vol. 8 No. 16 (2015): Dossiê: Identidades cristãs no mundo romano

Identities and power relationships in early Christianities: the letters of Cicero and Paul in compared perspective

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5433/1984-3356.2015v8n16p11
Submitted
August 14, 2015
Published
2016-01-18

Abstract

This essay discusses the identity formation process in Christianities context originated within the Roman world. Therefore, it must be understood how the interactions between agents and historical culture in which they were inserted shaped the results and communicative processes strategies. In this essay, the letters of Cicero and Paul are regarded as powerful tools that reveal power relationships and identity construction in their respective times and environment.

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