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Ausgabe:

März/2024

Spalte:

194-196

Kategorie:

Kirchengeschichte: Alte Kirche, Christliche Archäologie

Autor/Hrsg.:

McCollough, David John

Titel/Untertitel:

Ritual and Religious Experience in Early Christianities. The Spirit In Between.

Verlag:

Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2022. XVI, 262 S. = Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe, 577. Kart. EUR 89,00. ISBN 9783161618338.

Rezensent:

Risto Uro

David John McCollough’s study is the result of his second PhD, which he completed at the University of Durham under the guidance of Professor Douglas Davies and Professor David Janzen. It focuses on the theme of spirit experience and initiation in Paul and Luke-Acts, utilizing both narratological analyses of the texts and social anthropological approaches – a combination not often considered in biblical studies. The cross-disciplinary approach applied in the book yields results that challenge several widely accepted scholarly views, such as the idea that Paul believed the spirit was communicated through water baptism and that water baptism was the primary initiation rite in the early Christian movement. The main thesis of the book posits that the primary ritual for joining the ...


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