Title: Reading Romans with contemporary philosophers and theologians /
Authors: Odell-Scott, David W.
Publisher: T & T Clark,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Bible. Philosophy.; Philosophy and religion.
Abstract: This edited work explores recent works by philosophers and theologians who engage Paul's letter to the Romans by scholars in the fields of New Testament studies, theology and philosophy from North America and Europe.
Contents: Part I: Reading Romans and process philosophical theology -- A process theologian looks at Romans / John B. Cobb, Jr. -- Exegesis and process philosophical theology / David J. Lull -- Interpretative choices / Jouette Bassler -- One with another / David W. Odell-Scott -- Response to Jouette Bassler and David Odell-Scott / David J. Lull and John B. Cobb, Jr. -- Part II: Reading Romans and continental philosophy -- Paul and sons : (post-modern) thinkers reading Paul / Theodore Jennings, Jr. -- Reading Romans "in the face of the other" : Levinas, the Jewish philosopher, meets Paul, the Jewish apostle / Kathy Ehrensperger -- Taubes, Badiou, Agamben : contemporary receptions of Paul by non-Christian philosophers / Alain Gignac -- Reading Žižek reading Paul : Pauline interventions in radical philosophy / Ola Sigurdson -- Tools for a Kierkegaardian reading of Paul : can Kierkegaard help us understand the role of the law in Romans 7:7-12 / Valérie Nicolet Anderson.