Liberating Paul The Justice of God and the Politics of the Apostle

Name: Liberating Paul The Justice of God and the Politics of the Apostle
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ISBN: 9780800623791

ISBN-10: 0800623797

ISBN-13: 9780800623791

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Authors: Neil Elliott

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For centuries the apostle Paul has been invoked to justify oppression whether on behalf of slavery, to enforce unquestioned obedience to the state, to silence women, or to legitimate anti-Semitism. To interpret Paul is thus to set foot on a terrible battleground between spiritual forces. But as Neil Elliott argues, the struggle to liberate human beings from the power of Death requires "Liberating Paul" from his enthrallment to that power. In this book, Elliott shows that what many people experience as the scandal of Paul is the unfortunate consequence of the way Paul has usually been read, or rather misread, in the churches. In the first half of the book, Elliott examines the many texts…

Book details

List price: $34.00
Publisher: 1517 Media
Publication date: 2/6/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 308
Size: 5.52" wide x 8.20" long x 0.77" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English

Neil Elliott teaches at the College of St Catherine in St Paul, Minnesota.