The Social Significance of Reconciliation in Paul's Theology Narrative Readings in Romans

, by Constantineanu, Corneliu

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Copyright: 6/10/2010

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An assessment of the social dimension to reconciliation as displayed in Paul's Letter to the Romans.

Acknowledgements	p. xi
Abbreviations	p. xiii
Preface	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
The subject matter: setting out the problem	p. 1
The scope and nature of the inquiry	p. 3
Methodological considerations	p. 4
(Re)constructing Paul's theology	p. 4
Narrative approaches to Paul	p. 9
The significance of a narrative reading	p. 15
Definitions, narrative features and shorthand references in Paul	p. 17
Objectives, Paul's theologising, and methodology	p. 20
Establishing the parameters of research	p. 21
The structure of the argument	p. 22
Pauline Scholarship on Reconciliation: A Review of the Related Literature	p. 25
Introduction	p. 25
The origin of the concept of reconciliation	p. 26
The significance of reconciliation in Paul's theology	p. 31
Vincent Taylor: reconciliation as an essential element of atonement	p. 31
Ralph Martin: reconciliation as the centre of Pauline theology	p. 32
Ernst Käsemann: reconciliation as a marginal concept in Paul	p. 35
Reconciliation as a major Pauline concept	p. 36
The nature of reconciliation	p. 37
Conclusion: implications for the present research	p. 39
From Creation to New Creation: The Underlining Framework of Paul's Understanding of Reconciliation	p. 43
Introduction	p. 43
The Jewish context: Paul's storied worldview	p. 44
The social context of Paul	p. 46
The political context of Paul	p. 52
Recent developments in Pauline studies: the political dimension	p. 52
Religion and politics in the first-century Mediterranean world	p. 54
Paul's political terms	p. 59
Conclusion	p. 60
Identity, Otherness and Reconciliation: Paul's Vision of Reconciliation	p. 63
Introduction	p. 63
Damascus road experience: the foundation of Paul's vision of reconciliation	p. 65
2 Corinthians 5.11-21 and Paul's experience of reconciliation	p. 67
Identity, otherness and reconciliation: correlations in 2 Corinthians 5.14-6.10 and elsewhere in Paul	p. 73
OT (Isaianic) background: the substance of Paul's vision	p. 76
2 Corinthians 5.11-7.1 and the restoration story in Isaiah	p. 77
Peace and the restoration of creation: The Vision of Isaiah	p. 82
The implications of Isaianic themes for Paul's reconciliation	p. 86
Hellenistic, diplomatic background of ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿/¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ and Paul's paradigm shift	p. 87
Thomas Kuhn and the notion of 'paradigm shift'	p. 89
Paul's paradigm shift in the concept of reconciliation	p. 90
Reconciliation symbolism in Paul: the vision is given expression	p. 92
Summary and conclusion	p. 95
The Social Meaning of Reconciliation in Paul (I): The Story of Christ and Reconciliation in Romans 5-8	p. 99
Introduction	p. 99
The context of Romans	p. 101
The argument of Romans 5-8	p. 105
The story of Christ in Romans 5-8: identifying allusions and narrative features	p. 108
Paul's christological statements and narrative motifs	p. 109
Textual analysis: the story of Christ and reconciliation	p. 115
Romans 5	p. 116
Romans 6	p. 133
Romans 8	p. 137
Summary and conclusion	p. 140
The Social Meaning of Reconciliation in Paul (II): Practices of Reconciliation in Romans 12-15	p. 145
Introduction	p. 145
Jews, Gentiles and reconciliation: Romans 9-11	p. 146
The argument of Romans 12.1-15.13	p. 151
Practices of reconciliation in Romans 12-13	p. 154
Romans 12	p. 154
Romans 13	p. 163
Practices of reconciliation in Romans 14-15	p. 172
Romans 14	p. 173
Romans 15.1-13	p. 176
Summary and conclusion	p. 180
Paul's Understanding of the Social Significance of Reconciliation and the Romanian Context	p. 185
Introduction	p. 185
The return of religious phenomena to the social arena	p. 186
The Orthodox church and Pauline reconciliation	p. 191
The evangelical churches and Pauline reconciliation	p. 195
Other issues: Romanian-Hungarian relations in Transylvania	p. 199
Summary and conclusion	p. 203
Conclusion	p. 207
Bibliography	p. 211
Modern Author Index	p. 243
Subject Index	p. 247
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