Recent studies have re-assessed Emperor worship as a genuinely religious response to the metaphysics of social order. Brent argues that Augustus' revolution rep

Using a contra-cultural model of social interaction, this book examines the interaction between Pagan and early Christian constructions of social order focussin

This book addresses the influence of the imperial cult in first-century AD Asia Minor and its subsequent relevance to the reading of the New Testament. In parti

As political power in Rome became centered on the emperor and his family, a system of honors and titles developed as one way to negotiate this new power dynamic

Seminal essays from a leading New Testament scholar For the past twenty years, John Barclay has researched and written on the social history of early Christiani