Romans, says Waetjen, is the first publication of the Christ
movement. To understand it well is therefore a task of monumental
importance, and to understand it today requires a postmodern
hermeneutics, in which the interpreter's subjective experience of
reading the text is correlated with historical-critical knowledge
and socialscientific criticism. That hermeneutics has to create a
new genre of commentary, making room for readers' prior
understandings as well as for a dynamic form of close reading and
consistency building. The outcome is a contemporizing of Paul's
theology that induces conversation with Derrida, Zizek, Badiou and
Agamben and others. The central theme of Romans is, according to
Waetjen, the healing of humanity through the realization of 'the
justice of God', which is disclosed in the movement 'out of trust
into trust', or, more specifically, out of the trust of Abraham
into the trust of Jesus Christ. Living on this side of the law of
Sinai and therefore being conscious of the condition of sin
requires the reconciliation of Christ's death and the justification
of Christ's resurrection in order to participate in the New
Humanity of life-giving spirits. Consequently Romans is more than a
rhetorical effort to mediate conflicts between Jewish and Gentile
believers in Rome. Composed prior to his journey to Jerusalem with
the possibility of martyrdom before him, the letter is Paul's major
theological testament.
General
| Imprint: |
Sheffield Phoenix Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
July 2011 |
| First published: |
September 2011 |
| Authors: |
Herman C. Waetjen
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Laminated cover
|
| Pages: |
418 |
| Edition: |
New |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-907534-22-5 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-907534-22-9 |
| Barcode: |
9781907534225 |
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