Post-traumatic growth and the origins of early Christianity
This paper applies the concept of post-traumatic growth, and some contemporary psychological models of wisdom, to the phenomenon of the emergence and development of Christianity in the aftermath of the traumatic death of its leader. It is argued that a process of 'sense-making' is evident...
Main Author: | McGrath, J |
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Routledge
2006
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