{"product_id":"the-oxford-handbook-of-early-christian-ritual-9780198747871","title":"The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Ritual","description":"Scholars of religion have long assumed that ritual and belief constitute the fundamental building blocks of religious traditions and that these two components of religion are interrelated and interdependent in significant ways. Generations of New Testament and Early Christian scholars have\u003cbr\u003eproduced detailed analyses of the belief systems of nascent Christian communities, including their ideological and political dimensions, but have by and large ignored ritual as an important element of early Christian religion and as a factor contributing to the rise and the organization of the\u003cbr\u003emovement. In recent years, however, scholars of early Christianity have begun to use ritual as an analytical tool for describing and explaining Christian origins and the early history of the movement. Such a development has created a momentum toward producing a more comprehensive volume on the\u003cbr\u003eritual world of Early Christianity employing advances made in the field of ritual studies. \u003cem\u003eThe Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Ritual\u003c\/em\u003e gives a manifold account of the ritual world of early Christianity from the beginning of the movement up to the end of the fifth century. The volume introduces\u003cbr\u003erelevant theories and approaches; central topics of ritual life in the cultural world of early Christianity; and important Christian ritual themes and practices in emerging Christian groups and factions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Risto Uro\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/08\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 752\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.80h x 7.10w x 1.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198747871\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRisto Uro\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Senior Lecturer in New Testament Studies and Chair of the BA programme in Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Helsinki. His research covers such areas as the Synoptic Gospels, the Nag Hammadi Library, and the social history of early Christianity. His publications include \u003cem\u003eRitual and Christian Beginnings: A Socio-Cognitive Analysis\u003c\/em\u003e (2016) and \u003cem\u003eExplaining Christian Origins and Early Judaism: Contributions from Cognitive and Social Science\u003c\/em\u003e (co-edited with Petri Luomanen; 2007). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJuliette J. Day\u003c\/strong\u003e is Docent and University Lecturer in Church History in the Faculty of Theology, University of Helsinki, and Senior Research Fellow in Early Christian Liturgy at Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford. Her research focusses on early Christian liturgy, especially that of Jerusalem\/Palestine in late antiquity, and on the interpretation of ancient and contemporary liturgical texts. Her publications include \u003cem\u003eThe Baptismal Liturgy of Jerusalem\u003c\/em\u003e (2007), \u003cem\u003eReading the Liturgy\u003c\/em\u003e (2014), \u003cem\u003eEarly Roman Liturgy to 600\u003c\/em\u003e (co-edited with Marcus Vinzent; 2014), and \u003cem\u003eA Guide to the Study of\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eLiturgy and Worship\u003c\/em\u003e (co-edited with Benjamin Gordon-Taylor, 2013). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRichard E. DeMaris\u003c\/strong\u003e is Senior Research Professor of New Testament Studies at Valparaiso University and has served as the Catholic Biblical Association Visiting Professor to the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. He is a research associate of the Nordic Project on Ritual and the Emergence of Early Christian Religion and was a staff member of the Ohio State University Excavations at Isthmia, Greece, in the 1990s. His publications on ritual include \u003cem\u003eEarly Christian Ritual Life\u003c\/em\u003e (co-edited with Jason Lamoreaux and Steven Muir 2018), and \u003cem\u003eThe New Testament in Its Ritual World \u003c\/em\u003e(2008). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRikard Roitto\u003c\/strong\u003e is Docent and University Lecturer of Biblical Studies, New Testament, at Stockholm School of Theology. In his research, he integrates historical-critical methods with social, psychological and cognitive sciences to understand early Christian texts and communities. His research interests include social identity, norms, rituals of penance and forgiveness, conflict resolution, and baptism in early Christianity. He has written several articles on ritual practices of reproof, repentance, penance, intercession for forgiveness and reintegration of deviant group members in early Christianity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39932104900723,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":136.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_d5f7e122-13d9-42ad-9989-d65d9135c9ef.jpg?v=1647790025","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-oxford-handbook-of-early-christian-ritual-9780198747871","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}