Shepherd of Hermas and Social Identity

<p>I wrote this paper for a course on Baptism &#38; Eucharist in the Early Church. I became interested in the Shepherd of Hermas after my course with Dr. Osiek the previous semester, and a course on Romans with Dr. David Balch exposed me to social identity theory via Philip Esler&#8217;s excellent <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0800634357?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jamiephelpsho-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=9325&#38;creativeASIN=0800634357">Conflict and Identity in Romans: The Social Setting of Paul&#8217;s Letter</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jamiephelpsho-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=0800634357" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />. (Affiliate link.) I decided to explore the ways that Hermas exhibits characteristics of <acronym title="Social Identity Theory">SIT</acronym>.</p>

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