Rethinking Early Christian Identity: Affect, Violence, and Belonging

by Maia Kotrosits

Book Overview

Maia Kotrosits challenges the contemporary notion of early Christian literature, showing that a number of texts usually so describedNew Testament writings including Hebrews, Acts, the Gospel of John, Colossians, and 1 Peter, as well as the letters of Ignatius, the Gospel of Truth, and the Secret Revelation of Johnare not particularly interested in a distinctive Christian identity or self-definition. Rather, by appealing to the categories of trauma...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1451492650
• ISBN13: 9781451492651
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 8.8"