How to Live Well: Mimetic Ethics and Civic Education in Graeco-Roman Antiquity and Early Christianity
Mimesis played a crucial role in moral and civic education in Graeco-Roman antiquity. From classical Greek drama to Aristotle to the Graeco-Roman rhetorical traditions, mimetic ethics focuses on how personal example and imitation shaped people’s behaviour and character. Extended contact with the Gra...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Tyndale House
2023
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| In: |
Tyndale bulletin
Year: 2023, Volume: 74, Pages: 87-112 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
New Testament
/ Church
/ Classical antiquity
/ Mimesis
/ Education
/ Succession
/ Discipleship of Christ (motif)
/ John Evangelist
/ Paul Apostle
/ Peter Apostle
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament TB Antiquity |
| Further subjects: | B
Ethics
B Education B Mimesis B peter B Discipleship B Imitation B john B Politics B paul B New Testament |
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| Summary: | Mimesis played a crucial role in moral and civic education in Graeco-Roman antiquity. From classical Greek drama to Aristotle to the Graeco-Roman rhetorical traditions, mimetic ethics focuses on how personal example and imitation shaped people’s behaviour and character. Extended contact with the Graeco-Roman traditions led early Christianity to adopt the concept of mimesis in the overlapping spheres of family and education. Discipleship and citizenship intersect in that Christians are called to be good disciples or ‘citizens’ in God’s society. This study explores the Johannine, Pauline, and Petrine traditions and proposes that the mechanism of personal example and imitation regulates the ethical-political life of early Christians and instructs them to live well in both the church and society. |
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| ISSN: | 0082-7118 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Tyndale bulletin
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.53751/001c.88883 |