Mystery Cults and Christian Associations in Early Alexandrian Theology : The Case of Clement of Alexandria / T. J. Lang. Part Two: Focal Points. House Church or Association? : Some Reflections on Models and Usefulness / Peter Oakes -- Suspicion, Integration, and Roman Attitudes toward Associations / Eric J. Brewer -- Working with the Gods : Occupational Associations and Early Christ Groups / Richard S. Ascough -- Stinking Leatherworkers and Noisy Street Criers : Paul, Occupational Stigma, and the Sensory Politics of Associations / Louise J. Lawrence -- Dressing for Deities : Functions and Meanings of Dress within Ancient Associations / Alicia J. Batten -- The Prestige of the Gods, the Urban Elites, and the Local Associations : Assessing Honorific Rituals among the Early Christians / James R. Harrison -- The Meals of Christ Groups in Comparative Perspective / John S. Kloppenborg -- F(r)ee Membership of Christ Groups / Timothy J. Murray -- Women Benefactors and Early Christ Groups / Susan E. Benton -- Aid among Greco-Roman Associations and Christ Groups / Robert E. Moses -- Burial Communities : Associations and Christ Groups / Markus Ohler -- Retiring Religious Associations / Eric Rebillard -- sunagoge and Semi-public Associations : Greco-Roman, Judean, and Christos Followers / Ralph J. Korner -- Christianization and the Decline of Elective Cults Revisited : Competitors or Cohabitants? / Christina Gousopoulos -- Part Two: Focal Points. From Analogy to Identity : Did an Association of Leatherworkers "Turn" into the Thessalonian Church? / Timothy A. Brookins -- Configuring Time in Roman Macedonia : Identity and Differentiation in Paul's Thessalonian Christ Group / Bruce W. Longenecker -- Conflict and Honor in the Ancient Epistle : Or, How an Egyptian Funerary Association Illuminates Rivalry at Corinth / Sarah E. Rollens -- The Significance of Logeia for the Meaning of Paul's Collection in 1 and 2 Corinthians / Philip F. Esler -- The Benefaction-Reward Convention in Greco-Roman Private Associations and Paul's Jerusalem Collection / Jin Hwan Lee -- Reading Hebrews in a Roman Vicus with Voluntary Associations / Jason A. Whitlark -- Julian Christ Worshippers and Their Connection to a Collegium in First-Century Lyon : Reintroducing the Epitaph of Julia Adepta / Richard Last -- "Many Have Sold Themselves into Slavery" : Voluntary Imprisonment and Slavery, Survival Strategies among Associations, and the Reception of 1 Corinthians in 1 Clement 55 / David J. Downs -- Mystery Cults and Christian Associations in Early Alexandrian Theology : The Case of Clement of Alexandria / T. J. Lang.
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