Domestic architecture: culture, fictive kinship and identity in the First Epistle of John

dc.contributor.author	Van der Merwe, D.G.
dc.date.accessioned	2019-12-04T07:45:29Z
dc.date.available	2019-12-04T07:45:29Z
dc.date.issued	2010
dc.identifier.citation	Van der Merwe D.G., Domestic architecture: culture, fictive kinship and identity in the First Epistle of John, Acta Patristica et Byzantina 21(2), 207-226	en
dc.identifier.issn	1022-6486
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/26113
dc.description.abstract	The aim of this research is to investigate the domestic architecture of the First Epistle of John. It seems that the author has used family metaphorics to make the invisible (Father) visible in the community and also to characterise this early Christian community. Group orientation, also spelled out in terms of kinship, which appears to be the main social construction in the first century Mediterranean world, was the driving force behind this research. This orientation together with the social identity theory, pioneered by Henry Tajfel, has been applied to the situation depicted in this epistle to characterise the identity of this Johannine group.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Unisa Press	en
dc.subject	Domestic architecture	en
dc.subject	Family metaphorics	en
dc.subject	Invisible Father visible	en
dc.subject	Identity theory	en
dc.subject	Henry Tajfel	en
dc.title	Domestic architecture: culture, fictive kinship and identity in the First Epistle of John	en
dc.type	Article	en
dc.description.department	Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology	en