Beschreibung:
In this illuminating study Kathy Ehrensperger looks at the question of Paul's use of power and authority as an apostle who understands himself as called to proclaim the Gospel among the gentiles. Ehrensperger examines the broad range of perspectives on how this use of power should be evaluated. These range from the traditional interpretation of unquestioned, taken for granted for a church leader, to a feminist interpretation. She examines whether or not Paul's use of power presents an open or hidden re-inscription of hierarchical structures in what was previously a discipleship of equals.
1.The Pauline Letters: Presuppositions and Contexts of Reading 2.Contexts of Power in Contemporary Theory 3.The Exercise of Power - Networking in the Early Christ-Movement. 4. Power in Action - the Dynamics of Grace in Pauline Discourse 5. The Grace and Burden of Apostleship - Paul's Perception of Apostole