Everything in Common?: The Theology and Practice of the Sharing of Possessions in Community in the New Testament - eBook
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Everything in Common?: The Theology and Practice of the Sharing of Possessions in Community in the New Testament - eBook  -     By: Fiona J.R. Gregson

Everything in Common?: The Theology and Practice of the Sharing of Possessions in Community in the New Testament - eBook

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Title: Everything in Common?: The Theology and Practice of the Sharing of Possessions in Community in the New Testament - eBook
By: Fiona J.R. Gregson
Format: DRM Free ePub
Vendor: Pickwick Publications
Publication Date: 2017
ISBN: 9781498289986
ISBN-13: 9781498289986
Stock No: WW109612EB

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Possessions and how believers handle them are key topics in the NT. In this book, Fiona Gregson examines the practice and theology of sharing possessions in community in the NT by examining six diverse NT examples of sharing. Each example is considered in its historical and cultural context before being compared to one or more non-Christian examples to identify similarities and differences. Gregson identifies common characteristics across the NT examples and consistent distinctives in how the early church shared possessions compared to the surrounding cultures. Gregson's findings demonstrate that Christians subverted Roman patronage expectations; Christian groups were more diverse in their membership and exhibited more flexible, less structured examples of sharing; Christians placed greater emphasis on the free choice of individuals to contribute to sharing; and Christians more frequently participated in eating together and had a greater focus on relational bonds than was common in Graeco-Roman society/culture.

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Fiona Gregson is an ordained Anglican whose UK ministry has been mainly in areas of multiple deprivation. She has lived and worked in several African countries. These experiences motivate her concern for Christian engagement with poverty and possessions. She holds a BA (Oxford) and a PhD (London School of Theology). She is based in the Diocese of Birmingham and splits her time between the church, teaching, and caring for her young daughter.

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