Practice of Hope
Ideology and Intention in 1 Thessalonians
1st Edition
Published on 1. June 2012
258 pages
978-1-4514-1515-5 (ISBN)
Description
In Not Like Those Who Have No Hope, Nestor O. Miguez brings the insights of historical-critical study and political analysis together with incisive theological reflection. Taking on European philosophical interpretations of Paul, the "North Atlantic consensus" regarding social stratification in the Pauline churches, and the distortions of "rapture" theology, Miguez situates Paul's mission in the political context of Roman Thessalonica and reads his first letter in engagement with Latin American realities. The result is a surprising rediscovery of Paul as an organic intellectual for whom hope is always a socially concrete reality.
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By Nestor O. Miquez
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1: Introduction: Paul's Relevance Today
- 2: Methodological Considerations
- 3: Antecedents and Thesis
- 4: The Urban Character of the Church among Gentiles
- 5: Life in Thessalonica
- 6: Social Composition of the Church of Thessalonica
- 7: Paul and the Gentile Church
- 8: The Political Analogy in Pauline Language
- 9: The Text of the First Letter of Paul to the Thessalonians
- 10: The Missionary Project of Paul in the First Letter to the Thessalonians
- 11: The Risk and Future of Paul's Strategy
- 12: An Excluding Option
- 13: The Awaited Revolution
- Excursus 1: On the Rapture
- 14: The Counterhegemonic Strategy
- 15: Paul in Thessalonica according to Acts
- 16: Paul as a "Strategist" and "the Christian Revolution"
- Excursus 2: Nascent Christianity Viewed by the Empire
- Excursus 3: A Hermeneutical and Theological Reflection
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
