Coping with prejudice : 1 Peter in social-psychological perspective / Paul A. Holloway.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holloway, Paul A., 1955-

Series:

Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament ; 244.

Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Peter, 1st--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Peter, 1st.

Prejudices--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Prejudices.

Prejudices--Psychological aspects.

Consolation in the Bible.

Social psychology--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Social psychology.

Christianity.

Prejudices--Religious aspects.

Physical Description:

xv, 317 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Tübingen, Germany : Mohr Siebeck, 2009.

Contents:

Encountering prejudice

Locating 1 Peter : 1 Peter as an esrly Christian pseudepigraphal letter

Literary integrity

Authorship

Date of composition

Original readership

Conclusion

Social prejudice and its effects

On the nature of prejudice

On the causes of prejudice

Prejudice from the target's perspective

Social prejudice and persecution : on the occasion of 1 Peter

Anti-Christian prejudice in the early Roman Empire

Evidence of anti-Christian Prejudice in 1 Peter

Coping with prejudice

Ancient theories and practices of consolation : Greco-Roman and early Jewish traditions

Greco-Roman consolation

Jewish consolation

How people cope with prejudice : the findings of modern social psychology

Strategies for coping with prejudice

Moderators for choosing coping strategies

The costs and consequences of coping

Conclusion : coping and consolation

"Born again to a living hope" (1 Pet 1:1-12) : initial words of consolation

"To the elect sojourners" (1 Pet 1:1-2)

"Blessed be God" (1 Pet 1:3-12)

"Set your hope fully" (1 Pet 1:13-2:10)

Reorienting one's values (1 Pet 1:13)

Restructuring one's identity (1 Pet 1:14-2:10)

"To silence the ignorance of the foolish" (1 Pet 2:11-3:12) : coping with prejudice through "behavioral compensation"

"Having good behavior among the gentiles" (1 Pet 2:11-12)

"Submit to every human institution" (1 Pet 2:13-3:7)

"Finally, you should all strive to live in harmony" (1 Pet 3:8-12)

"Keeping a good conscience" (1 Pet 3:13-4:11) : coping with prejudice through "attributional ambiguity"

Attributional ambiguity and attribution theory

"But even if you should suffer..." (1 Pet 3:13-14a)

"With meekness and respect" (1 Pet 3:14b-16)

"It is better to suffer as one who does good" (1 Pet 3:17-22)

"...and that is why they slander you" (1 Pet 4:1-6)

"The end of all things is near" (1 Pet 4:7-11)

"Do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal" (1 Pet 4:12-5:14) : concluding words of consolation

Cyrenaic consolation

"Time has come for judgment to begin" (1 Pet 4:12-19)

"Be examples to the flock (1 Pet 5:1-5)

"Humble yourselves under the hand of God" (1 Pet 5:6-11)

"I have written to exhort and to testify" (1 Pet 5:12-14)

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-277) and indexes.

ISBN:

9783161499616

3161499611

OCLC:

460974671