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Foreword |
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Acknowledgements |
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1.1 Introductory Comments |
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1.2 Emotion and Early Christianity: Survey of Research |
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1.2.1 Studies of Emotion in the Wider New Testament |
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3 | (1) |
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1.2.1.c Katherine M. Hockey |
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4 | (1) |
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1.2.2 Studies of Emotion in Paul |
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1.2.2.a Paul's Rhetorical Use of Emotional Appeal |
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5 | (2) |
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1.2.2.b Paul's Treatment of Grief |
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7 | (1) |
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1.2.2.c Paul's Notion of Joy |
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8 | (2) |
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10 | (1) |
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1.3 Contemporary Emotions Research: Selected Aspects |
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11 | (7) |
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11 | (1) |
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1.3.2 Emotions Research in the Social Sciences and Humanities |
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12 | (2) |
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1.3.3 Emotion: Nature and Terminology |
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1.3.3.a The Nature of Emotion and Its Conceptual History |
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14 | (3) |
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1.3.3.b Emotion and Cognition |
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17 | (1) |
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1.3.3.c `Emotion' as a Portmanteau Term |
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17 | (1) |
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18 | (1) |
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1.5 Methodological Approach |
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19 | (4) |
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23 | (42) |
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23 | (1) |
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2.2 The Broader Philosophical Background |
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24 | (8) |
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2.2.1 Rationality, Virtue, and Eudaimonia |
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24 | (2) |
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2.2.2 Stoic Physics and the Pneuma |
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26 | (2) |
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2.2.3 Stoic Psychology of Knowledge and Action |
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28 | (1) |
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28 | (3) |
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31 | (1) |
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2.3 The Stoic Understanding of Emotion |
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32 | (12) |
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2.3.1 The Passions as `Excessive' Impulses |
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32 | (3) |
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2.3.2 The Passions as Value Judgements |
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35 | (2) |
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2.3.3 The Taxonomy of the Emotions |
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37 | (1) |
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37 | (1) |
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38 | (1) |
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39 | (3) |
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42 | (2) |
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2.4 The Stoic Therapy of Emotion |
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44 | (7) |
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2.4.1 Reason, Nature, and Oikeiosis |
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44 | (2) |
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2.4.2 Philosophy as Therapy |
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46 | (1) |
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2.4.3 The Case for Stoic Therapy |
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47 | (3) |
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2.4.4 Stoic Therapy in Practice |
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50 | (1) |
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2.5 The Early Roman Empire Stoics on Grief and Joy |
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51 | (13) |
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52 | (1) |
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2.5.1.a Consolation in Antiquity |
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52 | (1) |
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53 | (6) |
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2.5.1.c Epictetus on Grief |
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59 | (2) |
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61 | (1) |
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2.5.2.a Joy as a Eupathic Response |
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61 | (1) |
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61 | (3) |
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64 | (1) |
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65 | (36) |
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3.1 The Background to Philippians |
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65 | (8) |
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65 | (1) |
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66 | (2) |
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3.1.3.a A Hortatory Letter of Friendship |
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68 | (2) |
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3.1.3.b A Letter of Consolation |
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70 | (1) |
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3.1.3.c Other Proposals and Conclusion |
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70 | (1) |
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71 | (1) |
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3.1.4.a Lexical Distinctives |
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71 | (1) |
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3.1.4.b Thematic Distinctives |
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71 | (2) |
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3.2 Suffering in Philippians |
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73 | (8) |
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73 | (1) |
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3.2.1.a Paul in Prison (Phil. 1.7, 13-14, 17) |
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73 | (1) |
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3.2.1.b The Actions of Paul's Rivals (Phil. 1.15-17) |
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74 | (1) |
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3.2.1.c Paul's Common Suffering with the Philippians (Phil. 2.17-18) |
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74 | (2) |
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3.2.2 The Philippians' Suffering (Phil. 1.27-30) |
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76 | (2) |
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3.2.3 Christ's Suffering (Phil. 2.5-11) |
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78 | (1) |
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3.2.4 The Examples of Paul's Co-workers (Phil. 2.19-30) |
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80 | (1) |
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3.3 Joy: Exegetical Considerations |
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81 | (11) |
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3.3.1 Joy in Partnership in the Gospel (Phil. 1.3-5; 2.28-30; 4.10-19) |
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81 | (5) |
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3.3.2 Joy in the Gospel's Advancement |
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3.3.2.a Joy and the Progress of the Gospel in Rome (Phil. 1.15-18) |
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86 | (1) |
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3.3.2.b Joy and the Progress of the Gospel in the Philippians' Lives (Phil. 1.18-26; 2.1-4; 4.1) |
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87 | (1) |
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3.3.2.c Mutual Joy in the Face of Suffering (Phil. 2.17-18) |
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88 | (1) |
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3.3.3 Joy `in the Lord': The Eschatological Horizon (Phil. 3.1; 4.4-9) |
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89 | (3) |
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3.4 The Basis and Function of Joy |
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92 | (5) |
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3.4.1 The Theological Basis of Joy |
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92 | (3) |
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3.4.2 The Social Character and Function of Joy |
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95 | (2) |
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97 | (4) |
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4 Grief in 1 Thessalonians |
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4.1 The Background to 1 Thessalonians |
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101 | (7) |
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101 | (1) |
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102 | (1) |
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103 | (1) |
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4.1.3.a A Paraenetic Letter |
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103 | (1) |
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4.1.3.b A Letter of Consolation |
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104 | (1) |
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4.1.3.c Other Proposals and Conclusion |
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105 | (1) |
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106 | (2) |
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4.2 Conflict and Suffering in 1 Thessalonians |
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108 | (3) |
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108 | (1) |
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4.2.2 The Nature of the Thessalonians' Suffering (1 Thess. 1.6) |
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108 | (1) |
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4.2.3 The Cause of the Thessalonians' Suffering (1 Thess. 2.14) |
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109 | (2) |
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4.3 Grief in 1 Thessalonians 4.13-18 |
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111 | (9) |
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4.3.1 Extent of the Passage |
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111 | (1) |
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4.3.2 The Disclosure Formula |
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112 | (1) |
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4.3.3 The Circumstances of the Thessalonians' Grief |
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112 | (1) |
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4.3.3.a The Martyrdom of Fellow Believers? |
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113 | (1) |
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4.3.3.b Major Hypotheses Concerning the Thessalonians' Grief |
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114 | (3) |
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4.3.4 A Prohibition against Grief? |
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117 | (3) |
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4.4 Consolation in 1 Thessalonians |
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120 | (16) |
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4.4.1 The Theological Basis of Consolation |
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120 | (1) |
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4.4.1.a The Confession of the Church (1 Thess. 4.14) |
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120 | (1) |
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4.4.1.b The `Word of the Lord' (1 Thess. 4.15-17) |
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121 | (3) |
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4.4.1.c Comfort One Another with These Words (1 Thess. 4.18) |
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124 | (1) |
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4.4.2 The Social Character and Function of Consolation |
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125 | (1) |
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4.4.2.a The Social Regulation of Grief |
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125 | (1) |
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4.4.2.b The Thessalonians' Grief |
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126 | (1) |
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4.4.2.c The Social Character of Consolation |
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127 | (4) |
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4.4.2.d The Function of Consolation |
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131 | (5) |
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136 | (3) |
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5 The Pauline Emotional Regime |
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139 | (46) |
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139 | (2) |
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5.2 The Early Christians and Emotion |
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141 | (4) |
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5.2.1 Wayne Meeks's The First Urban Christians |
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141 | (2) |
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5.2.2 Moving beyond Meeks: The Social Function of Emotion |
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143 | (2) |
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5.3 The Sociological Concept of the `Emotional Regime' |
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145 | (6) |
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5.3.1 The Emotional Regime |
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145 | (1) |
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5.3.2 Religious Emotional Regimes |
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146 | (1) |
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5.3.3 Key Characteristics of Religious Emotion |
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5.3.3.a Emotional Ordering |
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147 | (1) |
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5.3.3.b Emotional Transcendence-Transition |
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147 | (1) |
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5.3.3.c Inspiration-Orientation |
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147 | (1) |
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5.3.4 Dialectical Relationships within an Emotional Regime |
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148 | (2) |
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5.3.5 The Power of Religious Emotion |
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150 | (1) |
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151 | (1) |
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5.4 The Function of Emotion in the Pauline Congregations |
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151 | (2) |
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151 | (1) |
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5.4.2 The Integrating and Differentiating Functions of Emotion |
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151 | (2) |
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5.5 Exploring the Pauline Emotional Regime |
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153 | (22) |
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153 | (1) |
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5.5.2 Symbols and Emotional Ordering |
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154 | (3) |
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5.5.3 Instruction, Imitation, and Emotional Ordering |
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157 | (4) |
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5.5.4 Ritual and Emotional Ordering |
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161 | (7) |
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5.5.5 Language and Emotional Ordering |
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168 | (2) |
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5.5.6 Letters and Emotional Ordering |
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170 | (3) |
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173 | (2) |
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5.6 Comparing the Pauline and Stoic Emotional Regimes |
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175 | (7) |
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5.6.1 Paul on Joy and Grief |
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175 | (1) |
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5.6.2 The Stoics on Joy and Grief |
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176 | (1) |
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176 | (2) |
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178 | (4) |
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182 | (3) |
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5.7.1 Suggestions for Further Research |
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183 | (2) |
Bibliography |
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185 | (18) |
Index of Ancient Sources |
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Index of Subjects |
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