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St. Paul among the Philosophers (Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Religion)

By John D. Caputo , Linda Martín Alcoff

Book information

Year
2009
ISBN
0253353173, 9780253353177, 0253220831, 9780253220837
LCC
BS2650.52 .S7 2009
Open Library ID
OL22685036M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1482058 bytes)
Pages
208\209
Topic
Religion
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

In his epistles, St. Paul sounded a universalism that has recently been taken up by secular philosophers who do not share his belief in Christ, but who regard his project as centrally important for contemporary political life. The Pauline project -- as they see it -- is the universality of truth, the conviction that what is true is true for everyone, and that the truth should be known by everyone. In this volume, eminent New Testament scholars, historians, and philosophers debate whether Paul's promise can be fulfilled. Is the proper work of reading Paul to reconstruct what he said to his audiences? Is it crucial to retrieve the sense of history from the text? What are the philosophical undercurrents of Paul's message? This scholarly dialogue ushers in a new generation of Pauline studies.

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