The Spirit In Between

Ritual and Religious Experience in Early Christianities
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-16-161833-8
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck

Buch, Englisch, Band 577, 262 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 422 g

Reihe: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 2. Reihe

In this volume, David John McCollough offers a narratological, discourse analysis, and literary exegesis of texts in Paul and Luke-Acts, followed by interpretation with social anthropological approaches. The author challenges common assumptions about Paul, such as that Paul thought the spirit to be communicated through water baptism, or the notion that 'justification' was non-experiential and unrelated to ritual. He refutes the view that Luke was either incoherent or unconcerned or a poor editor of sources regarding early Christian initiation practices and questions the belief that water baptism was the cardinal initiation rite among early Christianities. He instead argues that spirit possession marked by dissociation and glossolalia was the cardinal initiation ritual for Pauline and Lukan communities.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McCollough, David John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Neues Testament: Exegese, Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Theologie

Über Autor(innen)

McCollough, David John
Born 1971; PhD in New Testament at The London School of Theology; PhD in Theology at Durham University; has taught theology and religion in Southeast Asia and the United Kingdom.