The Scandal of Community: Pauline Factions and the Circulation of Grace

Taylor M. Weaver

doi:10.5771/9781978711839

Summary

Taylor M. Weaver offers a provocative reading of Pauline community, focusing on social and historical readings of the Pauline collection, body metaphors, and socio-politics of the gift, through models and methods developed by critical theorists. Weaver pays attention to conceptual apparatuses revolving around gifting, community, and immunity found in the writings of Italian philosopher Roberto Esposito, augmenting common readings of the historical Paul, while also enriching philosophical co-optations of Paul. Using critical theories (revolving around munus/gift), Weaver unveils different gifting types, showing how these expand one’s understanding of early Christian community. The study ends with a new exegesis of 2 Corinthians 8:1–15, illuminating the text through effective theoretical avenues. This book expands methodological borders, providing innovative models of Pauline Christianity, and developing new readings of community profitable to both New Testament studies and theory.

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Edition: 1/2021
Copyright Year: 2021
ISBN-Print: 978-1-9787-1182-2
ISBN-Online: 978-1-9787-1183-9
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 256
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 14
1. Chapter 1 Esposito and the Contours of Communitas No access
2. Chapter 2 Contemporary Orientations of Community No access
3. Chapter 3 Neoliberal Communities No access
1. Chapter 4 Reading Paul through Distorted Optics No access
2. Chapter 5 Pauline Community No access
3. Chapter 6 The Pauline Communitas No access
Conclusion No access Pages 227 - 228
Bibliography No access Pages 229 - 248
Index No access Pages 249 - 254
About the Author No access Pages 255 - 256