TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jennings,Theodore W.
TI  - Outlaw justice: the Messianic politics of Paul 
T2  - Cultural memory in the present
SN  - 9780804785990
AV  - BS2665.6.J8 J456 2013eb
U1  - 227/.106 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Stanford, Calif.
PB  - Stanford University Press
KW  - Paul,
KW  - Paulus
KW  - Bible
KW  - Romans
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - fast
KW  - Justice (Philosophy)
KW  - Justice
KW  - Biblical teaching
KW  - Justice (Philosophie)
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Biblical Studies
KW  - New Testament
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Paul's Letters
KW  - Political and social views
KW  - Exegese
KW  - gnd
KW  - Gerechtigkeit
KW  - Politisches Denken
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: Getting ready to read Romans -- First part of Romans -- First phase: The unjust social order (1:18-3:20) -- 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)
N2  - 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 socialities. Reading Romans as an essay on messianic politics in conversation with ancient and postmodern political theory challenges the stereotype of Paul as a reactionary theologian who "invented" Christianity and demonstrates his importance for all, regardless of religious affiliation or academic guild, who dream and work for a society based on respect, rather than domination, division, and death. In the current context of unjust global empires constituted by avarice, arrogance, and violence, Jennings finds in Paul a stunning vision for creating just societies outside the law. --
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