You belong to Christ : Paul and the formation of social identity in 1 Corinthians 1-4 - Tucker, J. Brian (Eugene, Or. : Pickwick Publications, 2010)
Introduction -- The application of contemporary theories of social identity -- Paul and the formation of social identity -- The impact of civic identity in Roman Corinth -- The foundation and framework for salient "in Christ" social identity -- The lack of salient "in Christ" social identity in Corinth -- Hindrances and solutions for a salient "in Christ" social identity -- Social identity formation: all belong to God -- Paul's strategy of social identity formation -- Conclusions.
Revision of the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wales, Lampeter, 2009.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-310) and indexes.
Keywords: Paul, -- the Apostle, Saint; Bible. -- Social scientific criticism; Bible. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Group identity -- Biblical teaching; Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.