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The cost of authority : manipulation and freedom in the New Testament, Graham Shaw

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1st Fortress Press ed.
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1 online resource (xi, 292 pages)
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  • Introduction: authority and the significance of contradiction in the New Testament -- (a) the embarrassment of Christian history -- (b) oppressive and divisive authority in Christian history -- (c) the responsibility of a religion for its history -- (d) is religious authority necessarily oppressive and divisive? -- (e) the criticism which the New Testament invites: -- (i) the recognition of authority -- (ii) the appraisal of authority -- (f) Paul and Mark: the selection of the texts -- Part one: the letters of Paul -- 1. I Thessalonians -- (a) the authority of the founding father -- (b) the prayer of thanksgiving: flattery and manipulation -- (c) the use of divine authority: sexual prohibition and eschatological fantasy -- (d) the gospel: privilege and alienation -- (e) the delegation of authority -- 2. II Thessalonians -- (a) authority and authenticity -- (b) the response to persecution -- (c) eschatology and anxiety -- (d) exhortation to work -- (e) retrospect -- 3. Galatians -- (a) the challenge to Pauline authority -- (b) the basis of Paul's apostolate -- (c) the use of the authority of the Old Testament -- (d) alienation and the Christian identity -- (e) privilege and manipulation: sonship and the Spirit -- (f) the law and the freedom of the Christian -- (g) the Spirit and the lower nature -- (h) self-sustaining freedom -- (i) a financial footnote -- 4. Philippians -- (a) authority and persecution -- (b) the Law in retrospect -- (c) unity and conformity -- (d) a financial footnote
  • 5. I Corinthians -- (a) the divisiveness of Paul's unique authority -- (b) the unique wisdom and spirit of the gospel -- (c) the demand for unity -- (d) Paul's demand for obedience -- (e) the limitations of Christian freedom: -- (i) the discrediting of rival authority -- (ii) legal isolation -- (iii) sexual prohibition -- (f) apostolic rulings: -- (i) sexual behavior -- (ii) observance of the food laws -- (iii) the public deportment of women -- (iv) the conduct of Christian meetings -- (v) the discipline of the Spirit -- (g) the apostle of the resurrection -- (h) postscript -- 6. II Corinthians -- (a) the praise of God and self-dramatization -- (b) the relation of the apostle to his audience -- (c) tension between local and apostolic discipline -- (d) the separateness of the new community -- (e) the understanding dissent: the veil -- (f) the uses of a confused identity -- (g) the apostle as fund-raiser -- (h) Paul's determination to use his authority -- (i) the discrediting of opposition -- (j) Paul's defense of his apostolate -- (k) Paul's third coming: the threat of judgment -- 7. Colossians -- (a) Paul's relation to the Colossian church -- (b) Paul as the suffering servant -- (c) the use of prayer -- (d) the gospel as secret -- (e) the sue of Christology -- (f) baptismal asceticism: alienation and oppression -- 8. Philemon -- the gospel of freedom an social conflict -- 9. Romans -- (a) the apostle of the gospel -- (b) Paul's relation to the Romans -- (c) the condemnation of the gentiles -- (d) the condemnation of the Jews
  • (E) the transcendence of the gospel -- (f) faith as the key to the true Jewish identity and privilege -- (g) reconciliation with God: astonishment and certainty -- (h) the exploitation of the crucified identity -- (i) the prestige of the law reaffirmed -- (j) the privilege of the Spirit and the promise of resurrection -- (k) the quest for legitimacy: the dependence of the new on the old -- (l) the spiritual sacrifice and social conformity -- (m) freedom and mutual respect: the food laws -- (n) Romans 16: -- (i) status in the new community -- (ii) the kiss of peace: Paul's defense of his teaching -- (iii) doxology and control -- 10. The significance of the Pauline Letters -- (a) the recognition of authority -- the appropriateness of a method -- (b) the appraisal of authority -- the interpretation of Paul -- (c) The transition to Mark's Gospel -- Part two: the Gospel according to Mark -- 11. The Gospel according to Mark -- (a) the shape of the Gospel: baptism and its rationale -- (b) the recognition of Jesus' identity and the reader's privilege -- (c) the authentication of Jesus and the gospel: the assertion of theophany
  • 12. Mark: the power of Jesus -- (a) attention and expectation -- (b) exorcism and the price of dualism -- (c) the healing of the body -- (d) the control of nature -- (e) the escape from scarcity -- (f) prayer and the inculcation of faith -- 13. Mark: the authority of Jesus -- (a) the gospel as teaching -- (b) the authority of Jesus in relation to Judaism -- (c) the authority of Jesus and John the Baptist -- (d) the use of authority: anxiety and retribution -- (e) authority in conflict: (i) the challenge to moral an social prestige -- (ii) the perception of oppression -- (iii) the forgiveness of sins -- (f) sexuality and the forgiveness of sins -- 14. Mark: the dynamics of secrecy -- (a) the repudiation of visibility -- (b) human fabrication and the destruction of the temple -- (c) the context of secrecy: an eye to the audience -- (d) the ambivalence of secrecy: the exercise of freedom -- 15. Mark: the servants and beneficiaries of the Gospel -- (a) the political exploitation of secrecy -- (b) a polemic view of Jesus' representatives -- (c) the servants' use of their authority -- (d) the understanding of dissent and rejection -- Conclusion: counting the cost -- (a) towards a new approach to Scripture -- (b) where does this leave the truth of Christianity? -- (c) death: reversal of transcendence? -- (d) a God for whom we are responsible to each other -- (e) the plausibility of the church as a reconciling community -- (f) a clergyman's vocation -- (g) the Christian affirmation
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The cost of authority : manipulation and freedom in the New Testament
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The cost of authority
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manipulation and freedom in the New Testament
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Graham Shaw
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eng
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1944-
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Shaw, Graham
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262/.8
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BS2655.A8
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S53 1983
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non fiction
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Contents
  • Introduction: authority and the significance of contradiction in the New Testament -- (a) the embarrassment of Christian history -- (b) oppressive and divisive authority in Christian history -- (c) the responsibility of a religion for its history -- (d) is religious authority necessarily oppressive and divisive? -- (e) the criticism which the New Testament invites: -- (i) the recognition of authority -- (ii) the appraisal of authority -- (f) Paul and Mark: the selection of the texts -- Part one: the letters of Paul -- 1. I Thessalonians -- (a) the authority of the founding father -- (b) the prayer of thanksgiving: flattery and manipulation -- (c) the use of divine authority: sexual prohibition and eschatological fantasy -- (d) the gospel: privilege and alienation -- (e) the delegation of authority -- 2. II Thessalonians -- (a) authority and authenticity -- (b) the response to persecution -- (c) eschatology and anxiety -- (d) exhortation to work -- (e) retrospect -- 3. Galatians -- (a) the challenge to Pauline authority -- (b) the basis of Paul's apostolate -- (c) the use of the authority of the Old Testament -- (d) alienation and the Christian identity -- (e) privilege and manipulation: sonship and the Spirit -- (f) the law and the freedom of the Christian -- (g) the Spirit and the lower nature -- (h) self-sustaining freedom -- (i) a financial footnote -- 4. Philippians -- (a) authority and persecution -- (b) the Law in retrospect -- (c) unity and conformity -- (d) a financial footnote
  • 5. I Corinthians -- (a) the divisiveness of Paul's unique authority -- (b) the unique wisdom and spirit of the gospel -- (c) the demand for unity -- (d) Paul's demand for obedience -- (e) the limitations of Christian freedom: -- (i) the discrediting of rival authority -- (ii) legal isolation -- (iii) sexual prohibition -- (f) apostolic rulings: -- (i) sexual behavior -- (ii) observance of the food laws -- (iii) the public deportment of women -- (iv) the conduct of Christian meetings -- (v) the discipline of the Spirit -- (g) the apostle of the resurrection -- (h) postscript -- 6. II Corinthians -- (a) the praise of God and self-dramatization -- (b) the relation of the apostle to his audience -- (c) tension between local and apostolic discipline -- (d) the separateness of the new community -- (e) the understanding dissent: the veil -- (f) the uses of a confused identity -- (g) the apostle as fund-raiser -- (h) Paul's determination to use his authority -- (i) the discrediting of opposition -- (j) Paul's defense of his apostolate -- (k) Paul's third coming: the threat of judgment -- 7. Colossians -- (a) Paul's relation to the Colossian church -- (b) Paul as the suffering servant -- (c) the use of prayer -- (d) the gospel as secret -- (e) the sue of Christology -- (f) baptismal asceticism: alienation and oppression -- 8. Philemon -- the gospel of freedom an social conflict -- 9. Romans -- (a) the apostle of the gospel -- (b) Paul's relation to the Romans -- (c) the condemnation of the gentiles -- (d) the condemnation of the Jews
  • (E) the transcendence of the gospel -- (f) faith as the key to the true Jewish identity and privilege -- (g) reconciliation with God: astonishment and certainty -- (h) the exploitation of the crucified identity -- (i) the prestige of the law reaffirmed -- (j) the privilege of the Spirit and the promise of resurrection -- (k) the quest for legitimacy: the dependence of the new on the old -- (l) the spiritual sacrifice and social conformity -- (m) freedom and mutual respect: the food laws -- (n) Romans 16: -- (i) status in the new community -- (ii) the kiss of peace: Paul's defense of his teaching -- (iii) doxology and control -- 10. The significance of the Pauline Letters -- (a) the recognition of authority -- the appropriateness of a method -- (b) the appraisal of authority -- the interpretation of Paul -- (c) The transition to Mark's Gospel -- Part two: the Gospel according to Mark -- 11. The Gospel according to Mark -- (a) the shape of the Gospel: baptism and its rationale -- (b) the recognition of Jesus' identity and the reader's privilege -- (c) the authentication of Jesus and the gospel: the assertion of theophany
  • 12. Mark: the power of Jesus -- (a) attention and expectation -- (b) exorcism and the price of dualism -- (c) the healing of the body -- (d) the control of nature -- (e) the escape from scarcity -- (f) prayer and the inculcation of faith -- 13. Mark: the authority of Jesus -- (a) the gospel as teaching -- (b) the authority of Jesus in relation to Judaism -- (c) the authority of Jesus and John the Baptist -- (d) the use of authority: anxiety and retribution -- (e) authority in conflict: (i) the challenge to moral an social prestige -- (ii) the perception of oppression -- (iii) the forgiveness of sins -- (f) sexuality and the forgiveness of sins -- 14. Mark: the dynamics of secrecy -- (a) the repudiation of visibility -- (b) human fabrication and the destruction of the temple -- (c) the context of secrecy: an eye to the audience -- (d) the ambivalence of secrecy: the exercise of freedom -- 15. Mark: the servants and beneficiaries of the Gospel -- (a) the political exploitation of secrecy -- (b) a polemic view of Jesus' representatives -- (c) the servants' use of their authority -- (d) the understanding of dissent and rejection -- Conclusion: counting the cost -- (a) towards a new approach to Scripture -- (b) where does this leave the truth of Christianity? -- (c) death: reversal of transcendence? -- (d) a God for whom we are responsible to each other -- (e) the plausibility of the church as a reconciling community -- (f) a clergyman's vocation -- (g) the Christian affirmation
Edition
1st Fortress Press ed.
Extent
1 online resource (xi, 292 pages)
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(OCoLC)1042433281
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The cost of authority : manipulation and freedom in the New Testament, Graham Shaw
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nc
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rdacarrier
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text
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txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Introduction: authority and the significance of contradiction in the New Testament -- (a) the embarrassment of Christian history -- (b) oppressive and divisive authority in Christian history -- (c) the responsibility of a religion for its history -- (d) is religious authority necessarily oppressive and divisive? -- (e) the criticism which the New Testament invites: -- (i) the recognition of authority -- (ii) the appraisal of authority -- (f) Paul and Mark: the selection of the texts -- Part one: the letters of Paul -- 1. I Thessalonians -- (a) the authority of the founding father -- (b) the prayer of thanksgiving: flattery and manipulation -- (c) the use of divine authority: sexual prohibition and eschatological fantasy -- (d) the gospel: privilege and alienation -- (e) the delegation of authority -- 2. II Thessalonians -- (a) authority and authenticity -- (b) the response to persecution -- (c) eschatology and anxiety -- (d) exhortation to work -- (e) retrospect -- 3. Galatians -- (a) the challenge to Pauline authority -- (b) the basis of Paul's apostolate -- (c) the use of the authority of the Old Testament -- (d) alienation and the Christian identity -- (e) privilege and manipulation: sonship and the Spirit -- (f) the law and the freedom of the Christian -- (g) the Spirit and the lower nature -- (h) self-sustaining freedom -- (i) a financial footnote -- 4. Philippians -- (a) authority and persecution -- (b) the Law in retrospect -- (c) unity and conformity -- (d) a financial footnote
  • 5. I Corinthians -- (a) the divisiveness of Paul's unique authority -- (b) the unique wisdom and spirit of the gospel -- (c) the demand for unity -- (d) Paul's demand for obedience -- (e) the limitations of Christian freedom: -- (i) the discrediting of rival authority -- (ii) legal isolation -- (iii) sexual prohibition -- (f) apostolic rulings: -- (i) sexual behavior -- (ii) observance of the food laws -- (iii) the public deportment of women -- (iv) the conduct of Christian meetings -- (v) the discipline of the Spirit -- (g) the apostle of the resurrection -- (h) postscript -- 6. II Corinthians -- (a) the praise of God and self-dramatization -- (b) the relation of the apostle to his audience -- (c) tension between local and apostolic discipline -- (d) the separateness of the new community -- (e) the understanding dissent: the veil -- (f) the uses of a confused identity -- (g) the apostle as fund-raiser -- (h) Paul's determination to use his authority -- (i) the discrediting of opposition -- (j) Paul's defense of his apostolate -- (k) Paul's third coming: the threat of judgment -- 7. Colossians -- (a) Paul's relation to the Colossian church -- (b) Paul as the suffering servant -- (c) the use of prayer -- (d) the gospel as secret -- (e) the sue of Christology -- (f) baptismal asceticism: alienation and oppression -- 8. Philemon -- the gospel of freedom an social conflict -- 9. Romans -- (a) the apostle of the gospel -- (b) Paul's relation to the Romans -- (c) the condemnation of the gentiles -- (d) the condemnation of the Jews
  • (E) the transcendence of the gospel -- (f) faith as the key to the true Jewish identity and privilege -- (g) reconciliation with God: astonishment and certainty -- (h) the exploitation of the crucified identity -- (i) the prestige of the law reaffirmed -- (j) the privilege of the Spirit and the promise of resurrection -- (k) the quest for legitimacy: the dependence of the new on the old -- (l) the spiritual sacrifice and social conformity -- (m) freedom and mutual respect: the food laws -- (n) Romans 16: -- (i) status in the new community -- (ii) the kiss of peace: Paul's defense of his teaching -- (iii) doxology and control -- 10. The significance of the Pauline Letters -- (a) the recognition of authority -- the appropriateness of a method -- (b) the appraisal of authority -- the interpretation of Paul -- (c) The transition to Mark's Gospel -- Part two: the Gospel according to Mark -- 11. The Gospel according to Mark -- (a) the shape of the Gospel: baptism and its rationale -- (b) the recognition of Jesus' identity and the reader's privilege -- (c) the authentication of Jesus and the gospel: the assertion of theophany
  • 12. Mark: the power of Jesus -- (a) attention and expectation -- (b) exorcism and the price of dualism -- (c) the healing of the body -- (d) the control of nature -- (e) the escape from scarcity -- (f) prayer and the inculcation of faith -- 13. Mark: the authority of Jesus -- (a) the gospel as teaching -- (b) the authority of Jesus in relation to Judaism -- (c) the authority of Jesus and John the Baptist -- (d) the use of authority: anxiety and retribution -- (e) authority in conflict: (i) the challenge to moral an social prestige -- (ii) the perception of oppression -- (iii) the forgiveness of sins -- (f) sexuality and the forgiveness of sins -- 14. Mark: the dynamics of secrecy -- (a) the repudiation of visibility -- (b) human fabrication and the destruction of the temple -- (c) the context of secrecy: an eye to the audience -- (d) the ambivalence of secrecy: the exercise of freedom -- 15. Mark: the servants and beneficiaries of the Gospel -- (a) the political exploitation of secrecy -- (b) a polemic view of Jesus' representatives -- (c) the servants' use of their authority -- (d) the understanding of dissent and rejection -- Conclusion: counting the cost -- (a) towards a new approach to Scripture -- (b) where does this leave the truth of Christianity? -- (c) death: reversal of transcendence? -- (d) a God for whom we are responsible to each other -- (e) the plausibility of the church as a reconciling community -- (f) a clergyman's vocation -- (g) the Christian affirmation
Edition
1st Fortress Press ed.
Extent
1 online resource (xi, 292 pages)
Form of item
online
Media category
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Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)1042433281

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