Pauline dogmatics : the triumph of God's love / Douglas A. Campbell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Campbell, Douglas A. (Douglas Atchison), 1961- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Epistles of Paul--Theology.

Bible.

Bible. Epistles of Paul.

Theology.

Bible. Epistles of Paul--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Love--Biblical teaching.

Love.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xii, 795 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, [2020]

Summary:

The eschatological heart of Paul's gospel in his world and its implications for today. Drawing upon thirty years of intense study and reflection on Paul, Douglas Campbell offers a distinctive overview of the apostle's thinking that builds on Albert Schweitzer's classic emphasis on the importance for Paul of the resurrection. But Campbell -- learning here from Karl Barth -- traces through the implications of Christ for Paul's thinking about every other theological topic, from revelation and the resurrection through the nature of the church and mission. As he does so, the conversation broadens to include Stanley Hauerwas in relation to Christian formation, and thinkers like Willie Jennings to engage post-colonial concerns. But the result of this extensive conversation is a work that, in addition to providing a description of Paul's theology, also equips readers with what amounts to a Pauline manual for church planting. Good Pauline theology is good practical theology, ecclesiology, and missiology, which is to say, Paul's theology belongs to the church and, properly understood, causes the church to flourish. In these conversations Campbell pushes through interdisciplinary boundaries to explicate different aspects of Pauline community with notions like network theory and restorative justice. The book concludes by moving to applications of Paul in the modern period to painful questions concerning gender, sexual activity, and Jewish inclusion, offering Pauline navigations that are orthodox, inclusive, and highly constructive. Beginning with the God revealed in Jesus, and in a sense with ourselves, Campbell progresses through Pauline ethics and eschatology, concluding that the challenge for the church is not only to learn about Paul but to follow Jesus as he did.

Contents:

Jesus

Vigilance

A God of love

A God of story

Resurrection and death

Resurrection and sin

Defending resurrection

Election

A learning community

Leaders

Love is all you need

Loving as giving

Loving as faithfulness

Loving as peacemaking

Loving as enjoying

An apostolic foundation

Defining the other

The triumph of love

Mission as friendship

Missional diversity

Evaluating paganism

Transforming paganism

Request ethics

Rethinking creation

Navigating sex and marriage

Navigating gender

Beyond colonialism

Beyond supersessionism

The pastor's wisdom.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 745-769) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780802875648

0802875645

OCLC:

1108782558

Publisher Number:

99983600150