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  • That There May Be Equality

    Paul's Appeal for Partnership in the Collection

    by L.L. Welborn ...
    Series series Paul in Critical Contexts
    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 collection for the poor. L.L. Welborn traces the history of the concept of “equality” in Greek history in order to convey the potency of the idea which Paul invokes. He analyzes the structural inequality of the Roman ... Read more

    $158.09 CAD

  • The Young Against the Old

    Generational Conflict in First Clement

    by L.L. Welborn ...
    The so-called First Epistle of Clement has long intrigued historians of early Christianity. It responds to a crisis in the Corinthian church by enjoining an ethic of subordination especially to the presbyteroi and episkopoi, but the exact nature of that conflict has eluded scholars. L. L. Welborn sets out a clear methodology for reconstructing the historical situation behind the letter, then ... Read more

    $158.09 CAD

  • The Village in Antiquity and the Rise of Early Christianity

    Edited by Alan Cadwallader, Professor James R. Harrison, Professor Angela Standhartinger, Professor L. L. Welborn ...
    A complete geographical and thematic overview of the village in an antiquity and its role in the rise of Christianity. The volume begins with a “state-of-question” introduction by Thomas Robinson, assessing the interrelation of the village and city with the rise of early Christianity. Alan Cadwallader then articulates a methodology for future New Testament studies on this topic, employing a series ... Read more

    $50.79 CAD

  • Political Theology on Edge

    Ruptures of Justice and Belief in the Anthropocene

    by Clayton Crockett, Catherine Keller, Gil Anidjar, Balbinder Singh Bhogal, J. Kameron Carter, William E. Connolly, Kelly Brown Douglas, Seth Gaiters, Lisa Gasson-Gardner0, Winfield Goodwin1, Lawrence Hillis2, Mehmet Karabela3, Michael Northcott4, Austin Roberts5, Noëlle Vahanian6, L. L. Welborn7 ...
    Series series Transdisciplinary Theological Colloquia
    In Political Theology on Edge, the discourse of political theology is seen as situated on an edge—that is, on the edge of a world that is grappling with global warming, a brutal form of neoliberal capitalism, protests against racism and police brutality, and the COVID-19 pandemic. This edge is also a form of eschatology that forces us to imagine new ways of being religious and political in our ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Paul, Democracy, and the Corinthians

    by Professor L. L. Welborn ...
    In this short and remarkable book L.L. Welborn outlines the complex and contested nature of 'democracy' in the Greek cities of the Roman East, where the apostle Paul established Christ groups, showing that writings of Paul and the development of Christianity reveal a strong and radical form of democracy that holds ever-greater relevance in today's contentious political landscape.Welborn begins by ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

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    Paul, Democracy, and the Corinthians

    by Professor L. L. Welborn ...
    Narrated by Richard Littledale ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 50 min

    Bloomsbury presents Paul, Democracy, and the Corinthians by L. L. Welborn. Read by Richard Littledale.In this short and remarkable book L.L. Welborn outlines the complex and contested nature of ‘democracy’ in the Greek cities of the Roman East, where the apostle Paul established Christ groups, showing that writings of Paul and the development of Christianity reveal a strong and radical form of ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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  • The Pauline Church and the Corinthian Ekklesia

    Greco-Roman Associations in Comparative Context

    by Richard Last ...
    Series Book 164 - Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series
    Moving past earlier descriptions of first-century Christ groups that were based on examining the New Testament in isolation from extant sources produced by analogous cult groups throughout Mediterranean antiquity, this book engages with underexplored epigraphic and papyrological records and situates the behaviour of Paul's Corinthian ekklēsia within broader patterns of behaviour practised by Greco ... Read more

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  • Early Christ Groups and Greco-Roman Associations

    Organizational Models and Social Practices

    by Richard S. Ascough ...
    Over the past two and a half decades there has been an increasing interest in how the data from the associations--known primarily from inscriptions and papyri--can help scholars better understand the development of Christ groups in the first and second centuries. Richard Ascough's work has been at the forefront of promoting the associations and applying insights from inscriptions and papyri to ... Read more

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  • Our Politeuma Is in Heaven!

    Paul's Polemical Engagement with the "Enemies of the Cross of Christ" in Philippians 3:18-20

    by Gennadi A. Sergienko ...
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  • Social Distinctives of the Christians in the First Century

    Pivotal Essays by E. A. Judge

    by Edwin Judge ...
    This is a collection of pivotal essays by E. A. Judge, who initiated many important discussions in the establishment of social scientific criticism of the Bible.What is it that made the work of Judge in 1960 and in subsequent years so important? Judge was the first in scholarship after the mid-twentieth century to clarify early Christian ideals about society by defining what the social ... Read more

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    by Justin P. Jeffcoat Schedtler ...
    Studies of the Apocalypse have long neglected the royal and messianic dimensions of its portrait of the Lamb. In this volume, Justin P. Jeffcoat Schedtler offers new insights on this topic, arguing that royal and messianic ideologies and discourses are not merely evident in the book of Revelation but also constitute one of its primary organizing principles. Moreover, they shape Revelation's ... Read more

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