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5 - Religious Experience in Early Christianity

from Part II - Religious Experience in Traditional Monotheism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 June 2020

By
James D. G. Dunn
Edited by
Paul K. Moser  and
Chad Meister
Paul K. Moser
Affiliation:
Loyola University, Chicago
Chad Meister
Affiliation:
Bethel University, Indiana
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Summary

Dunn identifies two foundational types ofmotivating experiences in earliest Christianity: postmortem appearances of Jesus and the first disciples’ Pentecost experiences. He regards the experiences of the apostle Paul as particularly illustrative of early Christianity, featuring the liberating power of the Spirit and of being “in Christ,” experiencing the Spirit of God as the Spirit of Jesus, and the shared experience of believers as members of the body of Christ.

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Religious experienceEarliest ChristianityJesusResurrection appearancesPentecost experiencesMiraclesSpirit of GodApostle Paul
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The Cambridge Companion to Religious Experience , pp. 116 - 133
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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Dunn, James D. G. Baptism in the Holy Spirit. London: SCM, 1970.Google Scholar
Dunn, J. D. G. Jesus and the Spirit: A Study of the Religious and Charismatic Experience of Jesus and the First Christians. London: SCM, 1975.Google Scholar
Dunn, J. D. G. The Theology of Paul the Apostle. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.Google Scholar
Dunn, J. D. G. Jesus Remembered. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003.Google Scholar
Dunn, J. D. G. The New Perspective on Paul. WUNT 185; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2005; revised, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007.Google Scholar

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