TY - BOOK ID - 4873453 TI - Divine honours for the Caesars : the first Christians' responses PY - 2015 SN - 9780802872579 0802872573 PB - Grand Rapids (Mich.): Eerdmans, DB - UniCat KW - Church and state KW - Christianity and politics KW - Christians KW - Church history KW - Eglise et Etat KW - Christianisme et politique KW - Chrétiens KW - Eglise KW - History KW - Political activity KW - Histoire KW - Activité politique KW - 27 "00/01" KW - Apostolic Church KW - Christianity KW - Church, Apostolic KW - Early Christianity KW - Early church KW - Primitive and early church KW - Primitive Christianity KW - Fathers of the church KW - Great Apostasy (Mormon doctrine) KW - Religious adherents KW - Church and politics KW - Politics and Christianity KW - Politics and the church KW - Political science KW - Christianity and state KW - Separation of church and state KW - State and church KW - State, The KW - Kerkgeschiedenis--?"00/01" KW - Political aspects KW - Herrscherkult. KW - Frühchristentum. KW - Church and State - Rome. KW - Christians - Political activity - Rome. KW - Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. KW - Christianity and politics - History - Early church, ca. 30-600. KW - Römisches Reich. KW - Chrétiens KW - Activité politique KW - Political activity. KW - Church and state - Rome KW - Christianity and politics - History - Early church, ca. 30-600 KW - Christians - Political activity - Rome KW - Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4873453 AB - In this book Bruce Winter explores the varied responses of the first Christians to requirements to render divine honors to the Caesars as the conventional public expression of loyalty to Rome and its rulers. How did they cope with the culture of emperor worship when they were required to give their undivided loyalty to Jesus? First examining the significant primary evidence of emperor worship and the enormous societal pressure the first Christians would have faced to participate in it, Winter then looks at specific New Testament evidence in light of his findings. He examines individual cities and provinces and the different ways in which Christians responded to the pressure to fulfill their obligations as citizens and participate in the conventional expressions of loyalty to the Roman Empire. ER -