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Outlaw justice :

0804785163 (cloth : alk. paper)

0804785171 (pbk. : alk. paper)

9780804785167 (cloth : alk. paper)

9780804785174 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Outlaw justice :

[Book]

the Messianic politics of Paul /

Theodore W. Jennings, Jr

viii, 240 pages ;

23 cm

Cultural memory in the present

Includes bibliographical references and index

While theologians generally accept that Paul's letter to the Romans is concerned with law and justice, they usually focus on the individual believer's relation to God rather than on political issues. In contrast, 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 Zi&zek), 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. Cultural Memory in the Present Book jacket

Paul,Political and social views

Bible., Romans-- Philosophy

Justice (Philosophy)

Justice-- Biblical teaching

Jennings, Theodore W.

20130429101618.0

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