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Reading Romans backwards : a gospel of peace in the midst of empire / Scot McKnight.

By: Publisher: Waco, Texas : Baylor University Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: xv, 220 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1481308777
  • 9781481308779
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 227/.1066 23
LOC classification:
  • BS2665.52 .M357 2019
Contents:
A community needing peace: Romans 12-16. Phoebe--the face of Romans ; The greetings and the house of churches of Rome ; Strong and weak ; Zealotry ; Christoformity--Paul's vision for a lived theology of peace ; Christoformity is embodied God orientation ; Christoformity is embodied body-of-Christ orientation ; Christoformity is public orientation ; Know the time is now -- A narrative leading to peace: Romans 9-11. Where we've been, where we are, where we're headed ; To the weak ; To the strong -- A Torah that disrupts peace: Romans 1-4. The opening to the letter ; The rhetoric of Romans 1-2 ; Reading Romans 2 after Romans 1 ; The first question--advantage ; The second question--boasting in advantage ; The third question--Abraham, faith, and advantage -- A Spirit creating peace: Romans 5-8. All ; You and we ; I -- Conclusion: Reading Romans forwards, in brief.
Summary: Proposes an innovative New Perspective reading of Romans emphasizing the ecclesiological situation of the original addressees and Paul's pastoral response.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book Dalton McCaughey Library Level 1 FN38 M159 Available 33865001669594
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-203) and indexes.

A community needing peace: Romans 12-16. Phoebe--the face of Romans ; The greetings and the house of churches of Rome ; Strong and weak ; Zealotry ; Christoformity--Paul's vision for a lived theology of peace ; Christoformity is embodied God orientation ; Christoformity is embodied body-of-Christ orientation ; Christoformity is public orientation ; Know the time is now -- A narrative leading to peace: Romans 9-11. Where we've been, where we are, where we're headed ; To the weak ; To the strong -- A Torah that disrupts peace: Romans 1-4. The opening to the letter ; The rhetoric of Romans 1-2 ; Reading Romans 2 after Romans 1 ; The first question--advantage ; The second question--boasting in advantage ; The third question--Abraham, faith, and advantage -- A Spirit creating peace: Romans 5-8. All ; You and we ; I -- Conclusion: Reading Romans forwards, in brief.

Proposes an innovative New Perspective reading of Romans emphasizing the ecclesiological situation of the original addressees and Paul's pastoral response.