Religious rivalries in the early Roman Empire and the rise of Christianity

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Religious rivalries in the early Roman Empire and the rise of Christianity

Leif E. Vaage, editor

(Studies in Christianity and Judaism, 18)

Published for the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion/Corporation canadienne des sciences religieuses by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2006

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Includes bibliographical references ( p. 279-304) and indexes

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Religious Rivalries in the Early Roman Empire and the Rise of Christianity discusses the diverse cultural destinies of early Christianity, early Judaism, and other ancient religious groups as a question of social rivalry. The book is divided into three main sections. The first section debates the degree to which the category of rivalry adequately names the issue(s) that must be addressed when comparing and contrasting the social ""success"" of different religious groups in antiquity. The second is a critical assessment of the common modern category of ""mission"" to describe the inner dynamic of such a process; it discusses the early Christian apostle Paul, the early Jewish historian Josephus, and ancient Mithraism. The third section of the book is devoted to ""the rise of Christianity,"" primarily in response to the similarly titled work of the American sociologist of religion Rodney Stark. While it is not clear that any of these groups imagined its own success necessarily entailing the elimination of others, it does seem that early Christianity had certain habits, both of speech and practice, which made it particularly apt to succeed (in) the Roman Empire.

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Religious Rivalries in the Early Roman Empire and the Rise of Christianity, edited by Leif E. Vaage Acknowledgments Preface Part I: Rivalries? Ancient Religious Rivalries and the Struggle for Success: Christians, Jews, and Others in the Early Roman Empire Leif E. Vaage The Declining Polis? Religious Rivalries in Ancient Civic Context Philip Harland Rivalry and Defection Stephen Wilson Is the Pagan Fair Fairly Dangerous? Jewish-Pagan Relations in Antiquity Rena Basser My Rival, My Fellow: Conceptual and Methodological Prolegomena to Mapping Inter-religious Relations in 2nd and 3rd Century ce Levantine Society Using the Evidence of Early Rabbinic Texts Jack Lightstone Part II: Mission? ""The Field God Has Assigned"": Geography and Mission in Paul Terence Donaldson The Contra Apionem in Social and Literary Context: An Invitation to Judean Philosophy Steve Mason On Becoming a Mithraist: New Evidence for the Propagation of the Mysteries Roger Beck Part III: Rise? Rodney Stark and ""The Mission to the Jews"" Adele Reinhartz ""Look How They Love One Another"": Early Christian and Pagan Care for the Sick and Other Charity Steven C. Muir The Religious Market of the Roman Empire: Rodney Stark and Christianity's Pagan Competition Roger Beck Why Christianity Succeeded (in) the Roman Empire Leif E. Vaage Works Cited Ancient Sources Index Ancient Names Index Modern Names Index

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