The amazing growth of the early church

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies

 
 
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Title The amazing growth of the early church
 
Creator Dreyer, Wim A.
 
Subject History of the Early Church; Sociology Church growth; early church; text analysis; quantitative social methods; institutional church
Description The church grew rapidly during the first centuries. The question is: Why? Generations of scholars approached this question from different perspectives and with different methods. Historical research, analysis of early Christian texts and theological reflection were the most common methods used to shed light on the growth of the church. In this contribution five different models of growth were discussed, using the approach of A.M. Schor as a point of departure. These models of church growth were put under the headings of an apostolic mission model, values reproduction model, social reaction model, network model with an institutional model added.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
Contributor None
Date 2012-11-02
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Historical Inquiry; Quantitive models; Literary Analysis
Format text/html application/octet-stream text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/hts.v68i1.1268
 
Source HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies; Vol 68, No 1 (2012); 7 pages 2072-8050 0259-9422
 
Language eng
 
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https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/1268/2546 https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/1268/2610 https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/1268/2549 https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/1268/2543
 
Coverage Mediterraenian; Roman Empire 100-400 AD Early Church Period —
Rights Copyright (c) 2012 Wim A. Dreyer https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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