Defending shame : its formative power in Paul's letters / [print]
Te-Li Lau.
- Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group, [(c)2020.
- xv, 271 pages ; 23 cm
Introduction: A fractured understanding of shame Part 1 - Framework Definitional background Greco-Roman backgrounds Jewish backgrounds Part 2 - Exegesis Paul's use of retrospective shame Paul's use of prospective shame Constructing Paul's use of shame Part 3 - Cultural engagement Contemporary contribution Contemporary challenges
Our culture often views shame in a negative light. However, Paul's use of shame, when properly understood and applied, has much to teach the contemporary church. Filling a lacuna in Pauline scholarship, this book shows how Paul uses shame to admonish and to transform the minds of his readers into the mind of Christ. The author examines Paul's use of shame for moral formation within his Jewish and Greco-Roman context, compares and contrasts Paul's use of shame with other cultural voices, and offers a corrective understanding for today's church. Foreword by Luke Timothy Johnson. "Explores the Apostle Paul's use of shame and reclaims its positive usage for moral formation"-- Provided by publisher. https://www.amazon.com/Defending-Shame-Formative-Power-Letters/dp/1540960145/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1590689219&sr=8-1
Te-Li Lau (PhD, Emory University) is associate professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. He is also the author of The Politics of Peace: Ephesians, Dio Chrysostom, and the Confucian Four Books.
1540960145 1540962776 9781540960146 9781540962775
2019031876
Bible.--Epistles of Paul--Theology.
Ethics in Christian Theology New Testament Criticism & Interpretation Paul's Letters Shame--Biblical teaching. Shame--Religious aspects--Christianity.