Pauline Dogmatics: The Triumph of God's Love

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The eschatological heart of Paul’s gospel in his world and its implications for today Drawing upon thirty years of intense study and reflection on Paul, Douglas Campbell offers a distinctive overview of the apostle’s thinking that builds on Albert Schweitzer’s classic emphasis on the importance for Paul of the resurrection. But Campbell—learning here from Karl Barth—traces through the implications of Christ for Paul’s thinking about every other theological topic, from revelation and the resurrection through the nature of the church and mission. As he does so, the conversation broadens to include Stanley Hauerwas in relation to Christian formation, and thinkers like Willie Jennings to engage post-colonial concerns.  But the result of this extensive conversation is a work that, in addition to providing a description of Paul’s theology, also equips readers with what amounts to a Pauline manual for church planting. Good Pauline theology is good practical theology, ecclesiology, and missiology, which is to say, Paul’s theology belongs to the church and, properly understood, causes the church to flourish. In these conversations Campbell pushes through interdisciplinary boundaries to explicate different aspects of Pauline community with notions like network theory and restorative justice. The book concludes by moving to applications of Paul in the modern period to painful questions concerning gender, sexual activity, and Jewish inclusion, offering Pauline navigations that are orthodox, inclusive, and highly constructive.  Beginning with the God revealed in Jesus, and in a sense with ourselves, Campbell progresses through Pauline ethics and eschatology, concluding that the challenge for the church is not only to learn about Paul but to follow Jesus as he did. Pauline Dogmatics: The Triumph of God's Love / Douglas A. Campbell Contents Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction PART 1. RESURRECTION 1
Jesus 2
Vigilance 3
A God of Love 4
A God of Story 5
Resurrection and Death 6
Resurrection and Sin 7
Defending Resurrection 8
Election PART 2. FORMATION 9
A Learning Community 10
Leaders 11
Love Is All You Need 12
Loving as Giving 13
Loving as Faithfulness 14
Loving as Peacemaking 15
Loving as Enjoying PART 3. MISSION 16
An Apostolic Foundation 17
Defining the Other 18
The Triumph of Love 19
Mission as Friendship PART 4. NAVIGATION 20
Missional Diversity 21
Evaluating Paganism 22
Transforming Paganism 23
Request Ethics 24
Rethinking Creation 25
Navigating Sex and Marriage 26
Navigating Gender 27
Beyond Colonialism 28
Beyond Supersessionism 29
The Pastor’s Wisdom A Brief Restrospective Conclusion Bibliography Index of Authors Index of Subjects Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Texts