Title: | Early Christians Adapting to the Roman Empire. Mutual Recognition |
Author: | Huttunen, Niko |
Publisher: | Brill |
Date: | 2020 |
ISBN: | 978-90-04-42824-9 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10138/316986 |
Abstract: | In Early Christians Adapting to the Roman Empire: Mutual Recognition Niko Huttunen challenges the interpretation of early Christian texts as anti-imperial documents. He presents examples of the positive relationship between early Christians and the Roman society. With the concept of “recognition” Huttunen describes a situation in which the parties can come to terms with each other without full agreement. Huttunen provides examples of non-Christian philosophers recognizing early Christians. He claims that recognition was a response to Christians who presented themselves as philosophers. Huttunen reads Romans 13 as a part of the ancient tradition of the law of the stronger. His pioneering study on early Christian soldiers uncovers the practical dimension of recognizing the empire. |
Description: | Open Access brought to you by University of Helsinki |
Subject: | New Testament |
Subject (ysa): |
Early Christianity
ancient philosophy theology anti-imperialism Bible Bible interpretation |
Rights: | CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives) |
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