Beyond Justification
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Beyond Justification

Liberating Paul's Gospel

  1. 322 pages
  2. English
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  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Beyond Justification

Liberating Paul's Gospel

About this book

Paul proclaims in 90 percent of what he wrote that we have been set free, resurrected, and transformed through Christ at the behest of a loving God. This gospel proclamation can be found wherever he speaks of being "in Christ." But this gospel and its account of salvation have been captured by "another gospel, " which also lays claim to being Paul's account of salvation. And this gospel is retributive, conditional, and ultimately damaging. "Justification theory, " as we call this false account, lays claim to just under 10 percent of what Paul wrote. The presence of both these gospels within Paul's interpretation causes numerous acute problems. To name just a few, they create an image of Paul as someone who is fundamentally confused, frequently harsh, and unavoidably anti-Jewish. If we reread Paul's justification texts, however, paying more attention to the original historical circumstances within which they were composed, then they turn out to say something subtly but significantly different. Paul's justification texts can be interpreted carefully, faithfully, and consistently, in terms of his usual gospel--our transformation in Christ. Thus Justification theory is never activated. Paul's true gospel is thereby liberated from its long captivity to a false alternative. We can now see a kinder, gentler, and more consistent apostle.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Abbreviations
  4. Introduction
  5. Foreword
  6. Chapter 1: God’s Truth
  7. Chapter 2: God’s Love
  8. Chapter 3: God’s Salvation
  9. Chapter 4: Justification Theory
  10. Chapter 5: Melanchthon’s Solution, and Its Central Dilemma
  11. Chapter 6: Three Further Problems
  12. Chapter 7: The Teaching of Contempt
  13. Chapter 8: A New Perspective on Jews—from E. P. Sanders
  14. Chapter 9: A New Perspective on Paul—from J. D. G. Dunn
  15. Chapter 10: A New Perspective on Paul—from N. T. Wright
  16. Chapter 11: Our Solution Begins
  17. Chapter 12: Understanding Romans Chapters 1 through 2
  18. Chapter 13: Understanding Romans Chapter 3
  19. Chapter 14: The Faith of Jesus
  20. Chapter 15: The Presence of Scripture
  21. Chapter 16: Abraham Is on My Side
  22. Chapter 17: Paul’s Great Statement of Faith
  23. Chapter 18: Understanding Romans 10
  24. Conclusion
  25. Appendix: Reviewing the Debate: Romans 1:16—3:20
  26. Bibliography