Book contents
- Paul and Religion
- Cambridge Studies in Religion, Philosophy, and Society
- Paul and Religion
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 What Does Paul Have to Do with Religion?
- 2 What Kind of Religious Interlocutor Is Paul?
- 3 What Is the Religious Form of Life for Paul?
- 4 What Does the Pauline Religious Form of Life Have to Do with Death?
- 5 What, for Paul, Is the Nature of the Religious Form of Community?
- 6 How, for Paul, Should Life ‘in Christ’ Be Lived?
- 7 What, for Paul, Are the Marks of Membership?
- 8 How, for Paul, Does a Religious Community Relate to Others?
- 9 Paul and Religion
- Select Bibliography
- Locorum Index
- Subject Index
5 - What, for Paul, Is the Nature of the Religious Form of Community?
Body, Family, Love
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 March 2022
Book contents
- Paul and Religion
- Cambridge Studies in Religion, Philosophy, and Society
- Paul and Religion
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 What Does Paul Have to Do with Religion?
- 2 What Kind of Religious Interlocutor Is Paul?
- 3 What Is the Religious Form of Life for Paul?
- 4 What Does the Pauline Religious Form of Life Have to Do with Death?
- 5 What, for Paul, Is the Nature of the Religious Form of Community?
- 6 How, for Paul, Should Life ‘in Christ’ Be Lived?
- 7 What, for Paul, Are the Marks of Membership?
- 8 How, for Paul, Does a Religious Community Relate to Others?
- 9 Paul and Religion
- Select Bibliography
- Locorum Index
- Subject Index
Summary
What does it mean to be ‘in Christ’ for social and ethical relationships? This ‘new life’ is not so much individual conversion into being a different person as it is belonging to a ‘new creation’, being granted status as members of something that did not previously exist. We need to consider the ways in which Paul describes this community, asking what holds it together. In Chapter 6 we will consider how its members should behave towards each other. Chapter 7 asks about marks of membership: what practices identify who belongs? Questions about the relationship between insiders and outsiders come in Chapter 8.
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- Paul and ReligionUnfinished Conversations, pp. 83 - 106Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022