Liberating Paul: The Justice of God and the Politics of the Apostle

From: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly | Date: July 1, 1996| Author: | Copyright information

NEIL ELLIOTT, Liberating Paul: The Justice of God and the Politics of the Apostle (The Bible and Liberation Series; Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1994). Pp. xii + 308. Paper $18.95.

Was the apostle Paul an agent of oppression and death, or was he an advocate of human liberation? Did Paul proclaim a gospel or otherworldly, purely spiritual salvation, or was he an acutely "political" figure who appreciated well the need for Christian engagement for social justice? These are the alternatives Neil Elliott weighs in Liberating Paul. His thesis is that, although the apostle Paul has historically been ...

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