TY - BOOK AU - Bergh,Ronald H.van der AU - Bergh,Ronald van den AU - Despotis,Athanasios AU - Dunne,John Anthony AU - Eck,Ernest van AU - Houwelingen,Rob Van AU - Kok,Jacobus AU - Nel,Marius AU - Stenschke,Christoph AU - Venter,Pieter TI - Insiders versus Outsiders: Exploring the Dynamic Relationship Between Mission and Ethos in the New Testament T2 - Perspectives on Philosophy and Religious Thought SN - 9781463202576 U1 - 230 PY - 2014///] CY - Piscataway, NJ : PB - Gorgias Press, KW - RELIGION / Biblical Studies / New Testament KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; TABLE OF CONTENTS --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; 1. INSIDERS VERSUS OUTSIDERS: EXPLORING THE DYNAMIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MISSION AND ETHOS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT–AN INTRODUCTION --; 2. INCLUSIVISM AND EXCLUSIVISM: A STUDY OF TWO TRENDS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT --; 3. INCLUSIVITY AS THE ESSENTIAL NATURE OF THE GOSPEL --; 4. MISSION AND ETHICS: SENSITIVITY TO OUTSIDERS IN MATTHEW --; 5. EXPLORING A COMMON BACKGROUND OF PAUL AND ‘JOHN’: MISSION AND CONVERSION --; 6. DOING GOOD TO ALL: PERSPECTIVES ON MISSION AND ETHICS IN GALATIANS --; 7. MISSION AND ETHICS IN 1 CORINTHIANS: RECONCILIATION, CORPORATE SOLIDARITY, AND OTHER-REGARD AS MISSIONARY STRATEGY IN PAUL --; 8. ‘HOLDING FORTH THE WORD OF LIFE’: PHILIPPIANS 2:16A AND OTHER REFERENCES TO PAUL’S UNDERSTANDING OF THE INVOLVEMENT OF EARLY CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES IN SPREADING THE GOSPEL --; 9. MISSION AND ETHICS IN THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS: FAITH MEANS PERSEVERANCE --; 10. INSIDERS OR OUTSIDERS? THE USE OF THE TERM ‘βάρβαρος’ IN THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES: A PROBLEMANZEIGE --; INDEX OF BIBLICAL REFERENCES --; INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORS --; SUBJECT INDEX; restricted access N2 - Christianity as a movement developed within the already established, but volatile Jewish movement/religion, expressing a profound sense of inclusivism illustrated in the transcendence of social boundaries. In this book the dynamic reality of creating and transcending boundaries and the relationship between insiders and outsiders are explored by way of reflecting on mission and ethos UR - https://doi.org/10.31826/9781463235901 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781463235901 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781463235901/original ER -