Pauline Theology as a Way of Life: A Vision of Human Flourishing in Christ
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
Paul is known as a theologian, and indeed his writings yield rich theological insights. But Paul was foremost a missionary and a pastor who wrote to real people and churches.
In this fresh approach to Pauline theology, respected scholar Joshua Jipp brings Paul’s pastoral concerns to the fore, specifically his concern for human flourishing in his congregations. Jipp argues that Paul’s writings are best understood as invitations to a particular way of life, one that is oriented toward the supreme good of experiencing life in God through participation in Christ. For Paul, Christ epitomizes the good life and enables others to live it. While analyzing Paul’s thought through this lens of well-being and flourishing, Jipp introduces conversation partners as points of comparison and contrast. He interacts with ancient philosophy and modern positive psychology, both of which also address “the good life.”
This important and substantial contribution to Pauline studies covers issues such as transcendence, suffering and death, relationships, pursuit of Christian virtue, and moral agency. It will be a valuable resource for all students of Paul.
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- Introduces conversation partners as points of comparison and contrast
- Explores Paul’s concern for human flourishing in his congregations
- Covers issues such as transcendence, suffering and death, relationships, pursuit of Christian virtue, and moral agency
- Title: Pauline Theology as a Way of Life: A Vision of Human Flourishing in Christ
- Author: Joshua Jipp
- Publisher: Baker Academic
- Print Publication Date: 2023
- Logos Release Date: 2023
- Pages: 278
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- Subjects: Bible. N.T. Epistles of Paul › Theology; Well-being › Religious aspects--Christianity; Happiness › Religious aspects--Christianity
- ISBNs: 9781540965721, 9781493441556, 9781493441563, 1540965724, 1493441558, 1493441566
- Resource ID: LLS:PLNTHFLRSHCHRST
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2023-07-25T17:51:59Z
Dr. Joshua Jipp has taught New Testament in a variety of settings, including as a teaching fellow at TEDS, before joining the faculty at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He enjoys baseball, basketball, hiking outdoors, and spending time with his wife, Amber, and their two sons. His most recent scholarly work includes Paul’s Areopagus Speech of Acts 17:16–34 as Both Critique and Propaganda in theJournal of Biblical Literature, and Divine Visitations and Hospitality to Strangers in Luke–Acts: An Interpretation of the Malta Episode in Acts 28:1–10 (Brill). He’s currently working on a book on Pauline Christology for Fortress Press and the Two Horizons Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles for Eerdmans.