Long before the followers of Jesus declared him to be the Son of
God, Jesus taught his followers that they too were the children of
God. This ancient creed, now all but forgotten, is recorded still
within the folds of a letter of Paul the Apostle. Paul did not
create this creed, nor did he fully embrace it, but he quoted it
and thus preserved it for a time when it might become important
once again. This ancient creed said nothing about God or Christ or
salvation. Its claims were about the whole human race: there is no
race, there is no class, there is no gender. This is the story of
that first, forgotten creed, and the world of its begetting, a
world in which foreigners were feared, slaves were human chattel,
and men questioned whether women were really human after all. Into
this world the followers of Jesus proclaimed: "You are all children
of God. There is no Jew or Greek, no slave or free, no male and
female, for you are all one." Where did this remarkable statement
of human solidarity come from, and what, finally, happened to it?
How did Christianity become a Gentile religion that despised Jews,
condoned slavery as the will of God, and championed patriarchy?
Christian theologians would one day argue about the nature of
Christ, the being of God, and the mechanics of salvation. But
before this, in the days when Jesus was still fresh in the memory
of those who knew him, the argument was a different one: how can
human beings overcome the ways by which we divide ourselves one
from another? Is solidarity possible beyond race, class, and
gender?
General
| Imprint: |
Oxford UniversityPress
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
September 2018 |
| Authors: |
Stephen J Patterson
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| Dimensions: |
239 x 164 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
|
| Pages: |
184 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-19-086582-5 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
0-19-086582-2 |
| Barcode: |
9780190865825 |
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