Explores an early, forgotten creed in the Letters of Paul. Traces early Christian attitudes towards race, gender, and class. Discusses the radical inclusivism in the earliest Christian movement, and investigates how and why Christianity changed to become less inclusive--Publisher

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1. Verfasser:	Patterson, Stephen J. 1957- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York, NY Oxford University Press [2018]
Schlagworte:	Bible / Galatians, III, 28 / Criticism, interpretation, etc Identity (Psychology) / Religious aspects / Christianity / Biblical teaching Identification (Religion) / Biblical teaching Equality / Religious aspects / Christianity / Biblical teaching Identification (Religion) / Enseignement biblique RELIGION / Biblical Studies / New Testament / Paul's Letters RELIGION / Christianity / History Nonfiction Criticism, interpretation, etc
Zusammenfassung:	Explores an early, forgotten creed in the Letters of Paul. Traces early Christian attitudes towards race, gender, and class. Discusses the radical inclusivism in the earliest Christian movement, and investigates how and why Christianity changed to become less inclusive--Publisher "Long before the followers of Jesus declared him to be the Son of God, Jesus taught his followers that they too were the children of God. This ancient creed, now all but forgotten, is recorded still within the folds of a letter of Paul the Apostle. Paul did not create this creed, nor did he fully embrace it, but he quoted it and thus preserved it for a time when it might become important once again. This ancient creed said nothing about God or Christ or salvation. Its claims were about the whole human race: there is no race, there is no class, there is no gender. This is the story of that first, forgotten creed, and the world of its begetting, a world in which foreigners were feared, slaves were human chattel, and men questioned whether women were really human after all. Into this world the followers of Jesus proclaimed: "You are all children of God. There is no Jew or Greek, no slave or free, no male and female, for you are all one." Where did this remarkable statement of human solidarity come from, and what, finally, happened to it? How did Christianity become a Gentile religion that despised Jews, condoned slavery as the will of God, and championed patriarchy? Christian theologians would one day argue about the nature of Christ, the being of God, and the mechanics of salvation. But before this, in the days when Jesus was still fresh in the memory of those who knew him, the argument was a different one: how can human beings overcome the ways by which we divide ourselves one from another? Is solidarity possible beyond race, class, and gender?" -- Publisher's description
Beschreibung:	vii, 176 Seiten 24 cm
ISBN:	9780190865825 0190865822