Book contents
- The New Cambridge Companion to St. Paul
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The New Cambridge Companion to St. Paul
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Map
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Part I Paul, Letters and Communities
- Part II The Pauline Letter Collection
- Part III Paul’s Theological Discourse
- 9 What Did Paul Think Is Wrong in God’s World?
- 10 What Did Paul Think God Is Doing about What’s Wrong?
- 11 What Did Paul Think God Is Doing in Christian Communities?
- 12 How Did Paul Read Scripture?
- 13 Did Paul Abandon either Judaism or Monotheism?
- 14 Why Were People Attracted to Paul’s Good News?
- 15 How Was the Reception of Paul Shaped in the Early Church?
- 16 What Makes Paul Challenging Today?
- Bibliography
- Index of Biblical and Ancient Writings
- Index of Modern Scholars
- Cambridge Companions to Religion (continued from page iii)
- References
11 - What Did Paul Think God Is Doing in Christian Communities?
from Part III - Paul’s Theological Discourse
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 June 2020
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Book contents
- The New Cambridge Companion to St. Paul
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The New Cambridge Companion to St. Paul
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Map
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Part I Paul, Letters and Communities
- Part II The Pauline Letter Collection
- Part III Paul’s Theological Discourse
- 9 What Did Paul Think Is Wrong in God’s World?
- 10 What Did Paul Think God Is Doing about What’s Wrong?
- 11 What Did Paul Think God Is Doing in Christian Communities?
- 12 How Did Paul Read Scripture?
- 13 Did Paul Abandon either Judaism or Monotheism?
- 14 Why Were People Attracted to Paul’s Good News?
- 15 How Was the Reception of Paul Shaped in the Early Church?
- 16 What Makes Paul Challenging Today?
- Bibliography
- Index of Biblical and Ancient Writings
- Index of Modern Scholars
- Cambridge Companions to Religion (continued from page iii)
- References
Summary
For Paul, the social ethos of Christian communities grows directly out of Christ’s movement into the sphere of sin and death, there to rescue derelict humanity through the radical solidarity of the cross and the power of the resurrection. This movement reverses hierarchies and destabilizes social norms, in visible, counterintuitive ways: the inclusion of socially incompatible members, the redistribution of resources, solidarity with all humanity in its most desperate cry for liberation, and the creation of a fellowship in which diverse people with divergent backgrounds and different gifts grow together into moral agents shaped by Christ’s self-giving love.
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- The New Cambridge Companion to St. Paul , pp. 210 - 224Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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Further Reading
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Hellerman, Joseph H. The Ancient Church as Family. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2001.Google Scholar
Hooker, Morna. “Interchange in Christ.” Journal of Theological Studies, 32, no. 2 (1971): 349–361.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Käsemann, Ernst. “On Paul’s Anthropology.” In Perspectives on Paul. Translated by Kohl, J., 1–31. Mifflintown, PA: Sigler, 1996 (1969).Google Scholar
Käsemann, Ernst. “The Cry for Liberty in the Worship of the Church.” In Perspectives on Paul. Translated by Kohl, M., 122–137. Mifflintown, PA: Sigler, 1996 (1969).Google Scholar
Longenecker, Bruce W. Remember the Poor: Paul, Poverty, and the Greco-Roman World. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2010.Google Scholar
Migliore, Daniel. Philippians and Philemon. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2014.Google Scholar
Mitchell, Margaret M. Paul and the Rhetoric of Reconciliation: An Exegetical Investigation of the Language and Composition of 1 Corinthians. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 1991.Google Scholar
Moses, Robert. “Discerning the Body of Christ: Paul, Poverty, and the Powers.” Journal for the Study of the New Testament 40, no. 4 (2018): 473–493.Google Scholar
Tannehill, Robert. “Participation in Christ: A Central Theme in Pauline Soteriology.” In The Shape of the Gospel: New Testament Essays, 223–227. Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2007.Google Scholar