Outlaw justice [[electronic resource] ] : the Messianic politics of Paul / / Theodore W. Jennings, Jr

• Autore: Jennings Theodore W
• Pubblicazione: Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, c2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Disciplina: 227/.106
• Soggetto topico: Justice (Philosophy); Justice - Biblical teaching
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Getting Ready to Read Romans; First Part of Romans; First Phase: The Unjust Social Order (1:180 - 3:20); Second Phase: The Coming of Messianic Justice (3:21 - 5:21); Third Phase A: Before and After (6:1 - 7:6); Third Phase B: The Great Transition (7:7 - 8:39); Fourth Phase: Divine Promise and Improvisation (9:1 - 11:36); Fifth Phase: The Corporate Improvisation of Justice in the Now-Time (12:1 - 15:13); Coda; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book offers a close reading of Romans that treats Paul as a radical political thinker by showing the relationship between Paul's perspective and that of secular political theorists. Turning to both ancient political philosophers (Plato, Aristotle, and Cicero) and contemporary post-Marxists (Agamben, Badiou, Derrida, and Žižek), Jennings presents Romans as a sustained argument for a new sort of political thinking concerned with the possibility and constitution of just socialites. Reading Romans as an essay on messianic politics in conversation with ancient and postmodern polit
• Titolo autorizzato: Outlaw justice
• ISBN: 0-8047-8599-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463234403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Cultural memory in the present.