Intergroup conflict, recategorization, and identity construction in Acts : breaking the cycle of slander, labeling, and violence / Hyun Ho Park.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Park, Hyun Ho, author.

Series:

Library of New Testament studies ; 691.

Library of New Testament studies, 2513-8790 ; 691

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Acts, XXI, 17-XXIII, 35--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Acts--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Intergroup relations--Biblical teaching.

Intergroup relations.

Conflict management--Biblical teaching.

Conflict management.

Physical Description:

xviii, 201 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : T&T Clark, 2024.

Summary:

"Hyun Ho Park employs social identity to create the first thorough analysis via such methodology of Acts 21:17-23:35, which contains one of the fiercest intergroup conflicts in Acts. Park's assessment allows his readers to rethink, reevaluate, and reimagine Jewish-Christian relations; teaches them how to respond to the vicious cycle of slander, labeling, and violence permeating contemporary public and private spheres; and presents a new hermeneutical cycle and describes how readers may apply it to their own sociopolitical contexts. Park first analyses Paul's welcome, questioning, and arrest, and how slandering and labeling make Paul an outsider. Park then describes how, through defending his Jewish identity and the Way, Paul nuances his public image and re-categorizes himself and the Way as part of the people of God. When Paul identifies himself as a Roman and later a Pharisee, Park examines Luke's ambivalent attitude toward Rome and the Pharisees, and assesses how Paul escapes dangerous situations by claiming different social identities at different times. Finally, he discloses the vicious cycle of slander, labeling, and violence not only against the Way but also against the Jews and challenges the discursive process of identity construction through intergroup conflict with an out-group, especially the proximate 'Other.'" -- Publisher, page four of cover.

Contents:

Introduction

Preliminary considerations

The social identity approach and dual identity

Slander against Paul and the labeling of Paul as an outsider (Acts 21:17-40)

Recategorizing Paul as an insider (Acts 22:1-21)

Ambivalence and the social creativity of Paul as an outsider/insider (Acts 22:22-23:11)

Challenging the vicious cycle of slander, labeling, and violence (Acts 23:12-35)

Conclusion.

Notes:

"...a revised version of my dissertation at the Graduate Theological Union...." -- See "Acknowledgments', page [xiii]

Includes bibliographical references (pages [159]-178) and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Park, Hyun Ho. Intergroup conflict, recategorization, and identity construction in Acts

ISBN:

9780567713278

056771327X

9780567713315

0567713318

OCLC:

1396082802