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  • Paul, Democracy, and the Corinthians

    by Professor L. L. Welborn ...
    In this short and remarkable book L.L. Welborn outlines the complex and contested nature of 'democracy' in the Greek cities of the Roman East, where the apostle Paul established Christ groups, showing that writings of Paul and the development of Christianity reveal a strong and radical form of democracy that holds ever-greater relevance in today's contentious political landscape.Welborn begins by ... Read more

    $25.69 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • That There May Be Equality

    Paul's Appeal for Partnership in the Collection

    by L.L. Welborn ...
    Series series Paul in Critical Contexts
    In the context of growing inequality in the twenty-first century, That There May Be Equality seeks to give new audibility to Paul’s appeal to the principle of “equality” in the collection for the poor. L.L. Welborn traces the history of the concept of “equality” in Greek history in order to convey the potency of the idea which Paul invokes. He analyzes the structural inequality of the Roman ... Read more

    $121.49 USD

  • Political Theology on Edge

    Ruptures of Justice and Belief in the Anthropocene

    by Clayton Crockett, Catherine Keller, Gil Anidjar, Balbinder Singh Bhogal, J. Kameron Carter, William E. Connolly, Kelly Brown Douglas, Seth Gaiters, Lisa Gasson-Gardner0, Winfield Goodwin1, Lawrence Hillis2, Mehmet Karabela3, Michael Northcott4, Austin Roberts5, Noëlle Vahanian6, L. L. Welborn7 ...
    Series series Transdisciplinary Theological Colloquia
    In Political Theology on Edge, the discourse of political theology is seen as situated on an edge—that is, on the edge of a world that is grappling with global warming, a brutal form of neoliberal capitalism, protests against racism and police brutality, and the COVID-19 pandemic. This edge is also a form of eschatology that forces us to imagine new ways of being religious and political in our ... Read more

    $35.09 USD

  • The Young Against the Old

    Generational Conflict in First Clement

    by L.L. Welborn ...
    The so-called First Epistle of Clement has long intrigued historians of early Christianity. It responds to a crisis in the Corinthian church by enjoining an ethic of subordination especially to the presbyteroi and episkopoi, but the exact nature of that conflict has eluded scholars. L. L. Welborn sets out a clear methodology for reconstructing the historical situation behind the letter, then ... Read more

    $121.49 USD

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    Paul, Democracy, and the Corinthians

    by Professor L. L. Welborn ...
    Narrated by Richard Littledale ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 50 min

    Bloomsbury presents Paul, Democracy, and the Corinthians by L. L. Welborn. Read by Richard Littledale.In this short and remarkable book L.L. Welborn outlines the complex and contested nature of ‘democracy’ in the Greek cities of the Roman East, where the apostle Paul established Christ groups, showing that writings of Paul and the development of Christianity reveal a strong and radical form of ... Read more

    $21.00 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    In The Protestant Ethic, Max Weber opposes the Marxist concept of dialectical materialism and relates the rise of the capitalist economy to the Calvinist belief in the moral value of hard work and the fulfillment of one's worldly duties. Based on the original 1905 edition, this volume includes, along with Weber's treatise, an illuminating introduction, a wealth of explanatory notes, and exemplary ... Read more

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  • The Origins of Early Christian Literature

    Contextualizing the New Testament within Greco-Roman Literary Culture

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  • Forgery and Counterforgery: The Use of Literary Deceit in Early Christian Polemics

    The Use of Literary Deceit in Early Christian Polemics

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