Denise Kimber Buell. Making Christians: Clement of Alexandria and the Rhetoric of Legitimacy. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1999. Pp. 221. No Price Listed.
dc.contributor.author | Anatolios, Khaled | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-09-25T09:05:09Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-09-25T09:05:09Z | |
dc.date.created | 2011-07-28 11:54 | |
dc.date.issued | 1999 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1522-5658 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://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.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Rabbi Myer and Dorothy Kripke Center for the Study of Religion and Society | |
dc.rights | With permission of the license/copyright holder | |
dc.subject | Christian ethics | |
dc.subject | history defined | |
dc.subject.other | Religious ethics | |
dc.subject.other | Spirituality and ethics | |
dc.subject.other | Christian denominations | |
dc.title | Denise Kimber Buell. Making Christians: Clement of Alexandria and the Rhetoric of Legitimacy. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1999. Pp. 221. No Price Listed. | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.source.journaltitle | Journal of Religion and Society | |
dc.source.volume | 1 | |
dc.source.beginpage | 1 | |
dc.source.endpage | 2 | |
dcterms.accessRights | open access | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2019-09-25T09:05:09Z | |
ge.collectioncode | AA | |
ge.dataimportlabel | Globethics object | |
ge.identifier.legacy | globethics:4428989 | |
ge.identifier.permalink | https://www.globethics.net/gel/4428989 | |
ge.journalyear | 1999 | |
ge.lastmodificationdate | 2018-10-30 16:44 | |
ge.lastmodificationuser | admin@novalogix.ch | |
ge.submissions | 1 | |
ge.peerreviewed | no | |
ge.placeofpublication | Creighton University | |
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ge.submitter.email | lijoamuabel@rediffmail.com | |
ge.submitter.name | John, Lijo | |
ge.submitter.userid | 2069840 | |
ge.link | http://moses.creighton.edu/JRS/ |