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Practices of power

Moses, Robert Ewusie,

Practices of power revisiting the principalities and powers in the Pauline letters / [electronic resource] : Robert Ewusie Moses. - Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2014 Minneapolis [Minnesota] : Fortress Press, [2014] - 1 online resource (1 PDF (xi, 293 pages).) - Emerging scholars . - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Emerging scholars. UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Duke University, 2012 under title: Powerful practices : Paul's principalities and powers revisited. Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-264) and indexes.

Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Part I. Hermeneutical issues -- Introduction -- Four models for interpreting the powers -- A proposed way forward : practices -- Part II. Practices for engaging the powers in the Pauline communities -- Baptism as deliverance from the powers : Romans -- Cross-centered preaching and church discipline as confrontation with the powers : 1 & 2 Corinthians -- Bondage under the elements : Galatians rescue from the power of darkness : Colossians summary : what are the powers for Paul? -- Part III. A cross-cultural perspective -- The powers in cross-cultural context : Africa -- Reference works -- Bibliography -- Index of authors -- Index of scripture and ancient author.

9781451479935 145147993X


Paul, the Apostle, Saint.


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


Christian sociology--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.

BS2650.52 / .M677 2014

227.06