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Reviews Pagans and Christians by Robin Lane Fox (1986) and The Social Structure of the Early Christian Communities by Dimitris Kyrtatas (1987). (DCL)

This chapter explores the literature of the nascent Jesus movements and emergent Christianity with its varying attitudes toward illegitimate ritual, in particular with such terms as magos, pharmakeia, manteuomai, and perierga. The chapter looks first at Christian narrative depictions of illegitimate ritual, followed by sin-lists that include references to illegitimate ritual practices, canon lists, and imperial legislation. Finally, the chapter turns to "discursive contexts" that framed the illegitimacy of certain ritual practices in terms of the demonic.

Cover -- Contents -- Series Editors' Preface -- Foreword by Rowan Williams -- theatre & -- christianity -- Theatre & -- Christianity & -- Women -- Amateur Performance in Faith Contexts -- Theatre & -- Christianity & -- Offence -- Endnotes -- Further reading -- Index -- acknowledgements.