TY  - BOOK
AU  - Meeks,Wayne A.
TI  - The first urban Christians: the social world of the Apostle Paul 
SN  - 0300032447
AV  - BR166 .M44 1983
U1  - 270.1 19
PY  - 1983///
CY  - New Haven.
PB  - Yale University.
KW  - Paul,
KW  - Christian sociology
KW  - History
KW  - Early church, ca. 30-600
KW  - Christianity, to ca 65 - Sociological perspectives
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-278) and indexes; The urban environment of Pauline Christianity -- The social level of Pauline Christians -- The formation of the ekklesia -- Governance -- Ritual -- Patterns of belief and patterns of life
N2  - Meeks analyzes the letters of Paul to see what kind of people joined the Christian groups in the urban centers and what it was like to be a Christian then
ER  -