| Holiness and Community in 2 Cor 6:14-7:1: Paul's View of Communal Holiness in the Corinthian Correspondence Contributor(s): Gossai, Hemchand (Editor), Adewuya, J. Ayodeji (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820455571 ISBN-13: 9780820455570 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $96.28 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Commentary - New Testament - General - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - New Testament |
| Dewey: 225.7 |
| LCCN: 2001029033 |
| Series: Studies in Biblical Literature |
| Physical Information: 230 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book examines 2 Cor 6:14-7:1 and argues that its theological message is communal holiness. It culminates in an attempt to posit a Pauline theology of corporate sanctification in the Corinthian correspondence. Paul's view of sanctification, it is argued, should be seen as multifaceted: relational, communal, ethical, and mission-oriented. Thus, a coherent picture of Pauline teaching on holiness in the Corinthian correspondence emerges from this book. For Paul, the focus of God's redemptive activity is, primarily, the community and not the individual. Paul's view on holiness has to do with communal holiness within the people of God, the goal of which is to make God known to the wider society. In sum, this book argues that the teaching on holiness should not be, and cannot be, satisfactorily explained in terms of the individual, but only as the individual stands in relation to the community of faith. Thus, the conclusion offers a corrective to some strands of modern interpretation that emphasize the individualistic, experiential aspects of Christian holiness, thus tending to reduce Christian holiness to morality. |
