Imitation in Early Christianity: Mimesis and Religious-Ethical Formation Knox and doubt to hold fast

and doubt to hold fast to what they know and to live like they believe it

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Imitation in Early Christianity: Mimesis and Religious-Ethical Formation Knox and doubt to hold fastCornelis Bennema examines mimesis as a religious ethical concept in early Christianitythe imitation of Jesus (and other exemplars) to become a better, more Christlike person. Situating appeals for imitation in the New Testament and Apostolic Fathers within the cultural and social context of the broader Greco Roman world, Bennema shows how early Christian mimesis was not about literal replication, but instead was a creative, cognitive, and