Sociology and the Jesus movement - Horsley, Richard A (New York The Continuum Publishing Company, 1989)
Theissen's Sociology of Early Palestinian Christianity -- A Sociology of the Jesus Movement -- Method: The Effects of Functionalism -- Evidence and Arguments -- Social Conditions in Jewish Palestine -- Issues and Structures -- Social Conflicts -- Toward a Social Reconstruction of the Jesus Movement -- The Jesus Movement in Jewish Palestine: A Provisional Sketch -- Conflicts, Comparisons, and Catalysts
Includes bibliographical references and index
Keywords: Theissen, Gerd; Christian sociology -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600; Sociology, Biblical; Jewish sociology -- History