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dc.contributor.authorAnatolios, Khaled
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-25T09:05:09Z
dc.date.available2019-09-25T09:05:09Z
dc.date.created2011-07-28 11:54
dc.date.issued1999
dc.identifier.issn1522-5658
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/180423
dc.description.abstract"The benefit of this book lies in its fairly thorough exploration of the cultural context that underlies, envelops, and makes efficacious Clement’s rhetorical use of procreative and kinship imagery. As such, it is a useful tool for the task of understanding the social construction of early Chrisitian rhetoric. There is a significant lacuna, however. While Buell thoroughly analyses Clement’s strategies for rhetorically constructing his own version of Christianity and his authority as a teacher through the use of procreative imagery, she largely abstracts from the actual content of his teaching. What did Clement actually teach and what were the issues over which he and his opponents disagreed? Certainly, Clement asserted the rightness of his views not exclusively by the rhetorically strategic use of kinship metaphors but also by appealing to what he called "the rule of the church" (cf. Stromateis VII:41) and it would have been most appropriate to give an even cursory summary of his version of this. Buell herself points out that the rhetorical strategies used by Clement were used also by his opponents and were indeed pervasive among the contemporary culture. As such, their use does not account for the differences between different Christian groups. The logical consequence of this observation is not necessarily that the existence of such differences is arbitrary but rather that Buell’s focus is too narrow."(pg 1)
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRabbi Myer and Dorothy Kripke Center for the Study of Religion and Society
dc.rightsWith permission of the license/copyright holder
dc.subjectChristian ethics
dc.subjecthistory defined
dc.subject.otherReligious ethics
dc.subject.otherSpirituality and ethics
dc.subject.otherChristian denominations
dc.titleDenise Kimber Buell. Making Christians: Clement of Alexandria and the Rhetoric of Legitimacy. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1999. Pp. 221. No Price Listed.
dc.typeArticle
dc.source.journaltitleJournal of Religion and Society
dc.source.volume1
dc.source.beginpage1
dc.source.endpage2
dcterms.accessRightsopen access
refterms.dateFOA2019-09-25T09:05:09Z
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ge.dataimportlabelGlobethics object
ge.identifier.legacyglobethics:4428989
ge.identifier.permalinkhttps://www.globethics.net/gel/4428989
ge.journalyear1999
ge.lastmodificationdate2018-10-30 16:44
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ge.submissions1
ge.peerreviewedno
ge.placeofpublicationCreighton University
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ge.submitter.emaillijoamuabel@rediffmail.com
ge.submitter.nameJohn, Lijo
ge.submitter.userid2069840
ge.linkhttp://moses.creighton.edu/JRS/


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