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Peter and Cornelius - A Story of Conversion and Mission (Paperback)
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Peter and Cornelius - A Story of Conversion and Mission (Paperback)
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Synopsis: The mission to the Gentiles and their conversion into the
church gave rise to conflict in the early Christian community. Acts
11:1-18 indicates that there was clearly dissension over the issue
of Peter going to the house of Cornelius and participating in table
fellowship with him. The issue was no small matter, since it could
have split the church. How then does Luke portray the resolution of
the conflict? Instead of writing a long theological treatise, the
author employs the art of storytelling. The study of Luke-Acts has
long been dominated by historical-critical methods, focusing on
Luke as a historian and theologian. This work, however, proposes a
paradigm shift by looking at Luke as a storyteller. Since narrative
criticism is concerned with the work of the writer as author and
not simply redactor, and since it treats narrative precisely as
narrative, the time has come to apply the narrative-critical
approach to Acts 10:1--11:18. This approach explores a different
set of questions: What is the story of Peter and Cornelius about?
How is the story told? What effect does the story have on the
reader and why? Endorsements: "Through his use of the fairly new
narrative-critical method in biblical studies, Nguyen brings the
powerful Peter and Cornelius episode alive in a refreshing way that
helps us appreciate, not only the who, how, and what, but also the
social context and theological significance of this 'turning point'
in the church's understanding of itself and mission." --Roger
Schroeder, Chair of Catholic Missiology, Catholic Theological Union
at Chicago "By means of narrative criticism, Nguyen brings new
insights to the understanding of one of the foundational events of
the early church. His work is not only a signal contribution to
biblical hermeneutics, marked by solid scholarship in both
historical and rhetorical analysis, but also to the theology of
Christian missions . . . I strongly recommend this book to people
engaged in biblical and missiological studies." --Peter C. Phan,
Chair of Catholic Social Thought, Georgetown University "The
author's thoughtful thesis of Luke the pastoral theologian is more
in line with how the original writer regarded himself than the
perennial view of Luke as the historio-theologian. Contextual to
the original audience, Luke's powerful story inspires us to have
confidence in the ancient art of storytelling to reveal the gospel
to our contemporary, technology-savvy generation." --Robert L.
Gallagher, Department Chair and Associate Professor of
Intercultural Studies, Wheaton College Graduate School Author
Biography: vanThanh Nguyen, SVD, is associate professor of New
Testament studies and served as chair of the Biblical Languages and
Literature at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, Illinois.
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