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"This monograph examines the nature of the earliest Christian meeting places, with a special emphasis on the formation of sacred space. The use of domestic spaces by these early groups is widely accepted, but the spaces themselves are usually understood as having been neutral, rather than sacred. In this study, I propose not only that these domestic spaces were considered sacred space by the Christian communities that used them, but that they were also complex ritual loci in their own right. Mapping what is known from early Christian texts onto the archaeological data for Roman domestic space here provides a new lens through which to examine the relationship between early Christians and their meeting space. In many cases, this meeting space would have included the presence of the Roman domestic cult. Despite the fact that the domestic cult was a polytheistic one, at odds with monotheistic Christianity, I assert that its practices likely continued in those places used for worship by the Christians. I also argue that continued practice of the domestic cult in Roman domestic spaces did not preclude the house-church Christians from understanding their rituals or their meeting places as sacred. Theories of sacred space and ritual practice are engaged to demonstrate that the house-church Christians constructed temporary sacred space through ritual enactment. The exploration of meeting places as both inhabited and sacred space raises a host of questions about early Christian identity, ritual affiliation, and domestic practice."--

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There has been substantial church growth in Britain between 1980 and 2010. This is the controversial conclusion from the international team of scholars, who have drawn on interdisciplinary studies and the latest research from across the UK. Such church growth is seen to be on a large scale, is multi-ethnic and can be found across a wide range of social and geographical contexts. It is happening inside mainline denominations but especially in specific regions such as London, in newer churches and amongst ethnic minorities. Church Growth in Britain provides a forceful critique of the notion of s

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ethiek --- Christian moral theology --- General ethics --- Christian ethics. --- Social ethics. --- Heylen, Victor L. --- Christian ethics --- Social ethics --- Heylen, Victor L, --- Ethics. --- 170 )* ETHIEK --- 088 --- S38/1230 --- S38/1360 --- 17 --- 26 --- 24 <082> --- Academic collection --- #GBIB:SMM --- KVH-AND --- #GBIB:CBMER --- #SML: Joseph Spae --- #GOSA:IV.Alg.M --- #GGSB: Moraaltheologie (algemeen) --- #GGSB: Fundamentele ethiek --- #GGSB: Exegese N.T. --- #gsdb5 --- 241 --- godsdienst, rooms-katholiek --- Christelijke ethiek --- -Ethics --- Social problems --- Sociology --- Egoism --- Ethical Issues --- Metaethics --- Moral Policy --- Natural Law --- Situational Ethics --- Ethical Issue --- Ethics, Situational --- Issue, Ethical --- Issues, Ethical --- Law, Natural --- Laws, Natural --- Moral Policies --- Natural Laws --- Policies, Moral --- Policy, Moral --- Censorship, Research --- feestbundels - liber amicorum --- Works not related to China and the Far East--Ethics --- Works not related to China and the Far East--Moral theology and Christian ethics: general --- Filosofische ethiek --- Ecclesiologie. De Kerk:--theologisch --- Praktische theologie--Feestbundels. Festschriften --- Addresses, essays, lectures --- -Addresses, essays, lectures --- Heylen, Victor L., --- 17 Filosofische ethiek --- -feestbundels - liber amicorum --- -17 Filosofische ethiek --- Ethics --- -Egoism --- #GGSB: Exegese N.T --- Ethical theology --- Moral theology --- Theology, Ethical --- Theology, Moral --- Christian life --- Christian philosophy --- Religious ethics --- Heylen, V., --- Heijlen, V., --- 17 Moral philosophy. Ethics. Practical philosophy --- Moral philosophy. Ethics. Practical philosophy --- Exegese N.T --- Fundamentele ethiek --- Moraaltheologie (algemeen)