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The Colonized Apostle
How did Roman imperial culture shape the environment in which Paul carried out his apostolate? How do the multiple legacies of modern colonialism and contemporary empire shape, …
Paul, Community, and Discipline
Over the course of several years, Paul established numerous Christian communities in cities throughout the Roman Empire. Each of these small groups was founded on the premise of …
Reading Romans with Roman Eyes
Paul’s letter to the Romans has a long history in Christian dogmatic battles. But how might the letter have been heard by an audience in Neronian Rome? James R. Harrison answers …
Paul Decentered
This book argues that the presence of women in the Christ communities of first–century Corinth changes how 2 Corinthians should be interpreted. Using a feminist approach to …
Onesimus Our Brother
Noel and Johnson make the point that Philemon is as important a letter from an African-American perspective as Romans or Galatians have proven to be in Eurocentric interpretation. …
The Scandal of Community
Using the thought of Italian philosopher Robert Esposito, Taylor M. Weaver provides a new reading of Pauline community.
The Practice of Hope
In this volume, the author reads 1 Thessalonians in the context of political and economic limitations and discovers surprising practical facets to the apostle Paul's strategy for …
That There May Be Equality
In the context of growing inequality in the twenty-first century, That There May Be Equality seeks to give new audibility to Paul’s appeal to the principle of “equality” in the …
Abraham Our Father
Israel Kamudzandu explores the legacy of how the Shona found in the figure of Abraham himself a potent resource for cultural resistance, and makes intriguing comparisons with the …
Gifts and Ritual
Paul’s teaching about divine benefactions in Rom 12:6–8 extends the theme of worship that he establishes in Rom 12:1–2. Together, these passages address a uniquely gentile dilemma …
Eros and the Christ
The self-emptying of Christ (kenosis) in Philippians 2 has long been the focus of attention by Christian theologians and interpreters of Pauls Christology. David E. Fredrickson …
Witch Hunt in Galatia
Approximately 2,000 years ago, some Jewish communities of Galatia in central Asia Minor believed they had fallen under a curse, argues Jeremy Wade Barrier. A fellow Jew named Paul …