Paul, Imprisonment and Crisis: Crisis and its Negotiation as a Lens for Reading Philippians
COVID-19 has stimulated reflections on crisis as a catalyst for interpretation in both the present and the past. This article reads Philippians as embedded in different forms of crisis, most specifically the negotiation of Paul’s own context of crisis: his imprisonment. The bodily, social and spirit...
| Subtitles: | Special Issue: Crisis as Catalyst: Early Christian Texts and the COVID-19 Pandemic |
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| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2021
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| In: |
Journal for the study of the New Testament
Year: 2021, Volume: 44, Issue: 1, Pages: 31-55 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Paul Apostle
/ COVID-19 (Disease)
/ Body
/ Crisis
/ Captivity
/ Philippians
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| IxTheo Classification: | FD Contextual theology HC New Testament |
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| Summary: | COVID-19 has stimulated reflections on crisis as a catalyst for interpretation in both the present and the past. This article reads Philippians as embedded in different forms of crisis, most specifically the negotiation of Paul’s own context of crisis: his imprisonment. The bodily, social and spiritual dimensions of this liminal incarceration experience are here set out and the ways in which these influence the fulfilment of mission within the epistle are outlined. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5294 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the New Testament
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0142064X211027779 |