The Letter to the Romans: Paul among the Ecologists Contributor(s): Tonstad, Sigve K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1910928208 ISBN-13: 9781910928202 Publisher: Sheffield Phoenix Press Ltd OUR PRICE: $28.03 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2017 |
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BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Studies - General |
Series: Earth Bible Commentary |
Physical Information: 0.91" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.38 lbs) 452 pages |
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Publisher Description: 'What God has joined together, let no one put asunder' is a motto for this commentary. Against a prevailing theological tradition that God's compassion is for human beings only and not also for non-human creation and the earth, Tonstad raises If we read Romans through the eyes of Tonstad, Paul will be found to be speaking about the faithfulness of Christ and not only about faith in Christ; to be describing sin in societal terms and not only as a problem of individuals; his enigmatic 'I' in Romans 7 can be understood as telling the story of Eve and not only rehashing his own biography; and Paul will be seen to give voice to non-human creation and the earth to a degree that is elsewhere heard in the Bible only in the Old Testament and, of course, hardly ever in the pulpit or the seminary. The theology of Romans will turn out to be an inclusive theology of divine compassion rather than a theology of divine In the striking reciprocity between theology and ecology in Romans, Paul puts on display what God has joined together, and, better still, what God has done to join together all that is asunder. |