Knowledge bloats, love builds: Paul on how we are (not) to know things
Paul's epistemology was famously mapped onto his eschatology by J. Louis Martyn, but it must be mapped also onto his ecclesiology. For Paul, knowing is bound always and indissolubly to living with others. To understand how Paul would have us know things, then, we must focus not on knowledge as...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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| In: |
Scottish journal of theology
Year: 2025, Volume: 78, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-11 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Corinthians 1.
/ Cognition theory
/ Community
/ Colonialism
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history VB Hermeneutics; Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Epistemology
B Love B 1 Corinthians B Paul B Knowledge |
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| Summary: | Paul's epistemology was famously mapped onto his eschatology by J. Louis Martyn, but it must be mapped also onto his ecclesiology. For Paul, knowing is bound always and indissolubly to living with others. To understand how Paul would have us know things, then, we must focus not on knowledge as such, but on epistemic practices in ecclesial communities. Whereas the Corinthians' use of wisdom and knowledge made for fragmentation and dissolution in the body of Christ (1 Cor 1-4; 8-10), Paul would have practices with knowledge instantiate communion and care for one another, as is proper for Christ's body. Integral to theological knowing is a sense of what and whom theology is for, a sense being critically explored in recent evaluations of theological education. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-3065 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Scottish journal of theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0036930624000620 |
