Paul's non-violent gospel
Subtitle: the theological politics of peace in Paul's life and letters
By: Jeremy Gabrielson
Publisher: Pickwick Publications
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Eugene, Oregon
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9781620329450
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Nonviolence; Bible; Biblical teaching; Criticism, interpretation; Peace; Politics in the Bible; Political and social views
Description: Rather than viewing the Apostle Paul's many references to peace and non-retaliation as generalized ethical principles drawn from Paul's background, Jeremy Gabrielson argues that peace and non-retaliation should be understood in relation to Paul's biography of being a violent persecutor of Jesus' followers. After his Damascus road experience, Paul zealously announced the gospel, but abandoned his violent ways. His apostolic vocation included calling and equipping assemblies of people whose common life was ordered by a politics characterized by peaceableness. This political dimension of Paul's gospel, in continuity with the earliest evidence we possess regarding Jesus and his disciples, stands in stark contrast to the politics of both the contemporary Roman imperial power as well as those who would seek to replace Rome by violent means.
Notes: Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of St. Andrews, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-185) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The end of violence in the gospel of Matthew; title: The memory of a non-violent Jesus in Paul's letters; title: Trajectories of violence and peace in Galatians; title: Supporting evidence in 1 Thessalonians; title: Conclusion.