Kinship as a Trustworthy Cue: The Signalling of Religious Expertise in the Epigraphy of Ephesian Voluntary Associations
This article addresses the relationship between religious expertise and kinship language in the inscriptions of Ephesian voluntary associations. I argue that kinship language functioned as a well-established rapid signaller of stable trustworthiness. I base my analysis on perspectives gained from ev...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2020
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Journal of early Christian history
Jahr: 2020, Band: 10, Heft: 3, Seiten: 12-28 |
| RelBib Classification: | AG Religiöses Leben; materielle Religion BE Griechisch-Römische Religionen TB Altertum ZA Sozialwissenschaften |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Epigraphy
B religious experts B voluntary associations B Kinship B Evolution B Prestige B Ephesus |
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| Zusammenfassung: | This article addresses the relationship between religious expertise and kinship language in the inscriptions of Ephesian voluntary associations. I argue that kinship language functioned as a well-established rapid signaller of stable trustworthiness. I base my analysis on perspectives gained from evolutionary studies on religion, which I present before my analysis. As a conclusion to my analysis, I propose that a similar reliance on stable genealogical kinship also characterises early Christian expertise in Ephesus, even though only a few early Christian authorities had religious experts as close relatives. |
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| ISSN: | 2471-4054 |
| Bezug: | Kritik in "Modelling Christian Cult Groups among Graeco-Roman Cults: A Response (2020)"
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| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Journal of early Christian history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/2222582X.2020.1779102 |