Profaning Paul / Cavan W. Concannon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Concannon, Cavan W., 1979- author.

Series:

Class 200. New studies in religion.

Chicago scholarship online.

Class 200. New studies in religion

Chicago scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paul, the Apostle, Saint.

Paul.

Paul, the Apostle, Saint--Influence.

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

Bible.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2021.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Here is a critical reconsideration of the repeated use of the biblical letters of Paul. The letters of Paul have been used to support and condone a host of evils over the span of more than two millennia - racism, slavery, imperialism, misogyny, and anti-Semitism, to name a few. Despite, or in some cases because of, this history, readers of Paul have felt compelled to reappropriate his letters to fit liberal or radical politics, seeking to set right the evils done in Paul's name. Starting with the language of excrement, refuse, and waste in Paul's letters, 'Profaning Paul' looks at how Paul's 'shit' is recycled and reconfigured. It asks why readers, from liberal Christians to academic biblical scholars to political theorists and philosophers, feel compelled to make Paul into a hero, mining his words for wisdom.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Searching for Paul in the Bathroom

Staying with the Shit

Interlude: Feeling Like Shit

The Bible Doesn't Smell

Interlude: Owning My Shit

Redeeming Paul

Splitting Paul

Interlude: Back to the Dump

Profaning Paul

A Sometimes Paul

Paul's Shit

Refusing Paul

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 5, 2022).

ISBN:

9780226815640

0226815641

OCLC:

1272999706