MMW 12 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Burton L. Mack
16 Apr 2018
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Values: perseverance, universality, suffering, sharing, taking care of those in need, Burton mack wants to understand the origins of christianity outside the gospels, which are religious texts located in the new testament of the christian bible that tell about the life of. Jesus and the deeds of his disciples after his death. Mack wants to encourage more cross- cultural analysis of the texts as well as a focus more on the humanistic/anthropological side of the texts rather than their religious function. He also calls for more discrimination in the sources used to analyze the texts and to avoid religious bias as much as possible. He points to the gaps of information in the gospels as the main reason for wanting to reinvestigate the multifaceted origins of christianity (mack). Based on a close analytical reading of the text, what does acts reveal about the values/concerns of early christians, or the social/theological development of this new religion? acceptance, faith, resurrection, persecution, guilt.
