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Practices of Power: Revisiting the Principalities and Powers in the Pauline Letters
How did the powers “work” in the Pauline community? Robert Ewusie Moses argues that Paul's conception of the powers is best understood through examining the practices he advocates for the early believers. In this detailed study, Moses shows that Paul believed certain practices guarded believers from the dominion of the powers while others exposed humans to the powers of darkness. Moses traces the distinct function of “power-practices” in each of Paul’s letters and draws illuminating comparisons with traditional African religious practices.
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Practices of Power: Revisiting the Principalities and Powers in the Pauline Letters
How did the powers “work” in the Pauline community? Robert Ewusie Moses argues that Paul's conception of the powers is best understood through examining the practices he advocates for the early believers. In this detailed study, Moses shows that Paul believed certain practices guarded believers from the dominion of the powers while others exposed humans to the powers of darkness. Moses traces the distinct function of “power-practices” in each of Paul’s letters and draws illuminating comparisons with traditional African religious practices.
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Practices of Power: Revisiting the Principalities and Powers in the Pauline Letters

Practices of Power: Revisiting the Principalities and Powers in the Pauline Letters

by Robert Ewusie Moses
Practices of Power: Revisiting the Principalities and Powers in the Pauline Letters
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Practices of Power: Revisiting the Principalities and Powers in the Pauline Letters

Practices of Power: Revisiting the Principalities and Powers in the Pauline Letters

by Robert Ewusie Moses

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How did the powers “work” in the Pauline community? Robert Ewusie Moses argues that Paul's conception of the powers is best understood through examining the practices he advocates for the early believers. In this detailed study, Moses shows that Paul believed certain practices guarded believers from the dominion of the powers while others exposed humans to the powers of darkness. Moses traces the distinct function of “power-practices” in each of Paul’s letters and draws illuminating comparisons with traditional African religious practices.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781451479935
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress, Publishers
Publication date: 01/04/2014
Series: Emerging Scholars
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 272
File size: 625 KB

About the Author

Robert Ewusie Moses is assistant professor of religion at High Point University and was recently a Visiting DAAD Scholar at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg. He has written a number of scholarly articles in biblical studies and is researching the concept of idolatry in Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity. This volume is a revision of Moses’ dissertation at Duke University under the direction of Richard B. Hays.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Abbreviations xi

Part I Hermeneutical Issues

1 Introduction 3

2 Four Models for Interpreting the Powers 9

3 A Proposed Way Forward: Practices 39

Part II Practices for Engaging the Powers in the Pauline Communities

4 Baptism as Deliverance from the Powers: Romans 49

5 Cross-Centered Preaching and Church Discipline as Confrontation with the Powers: 1 & 2 Corinthians 81

6 Bondage Under the Elements: Galatians 119

7 Rescue from the Power of Darkness: Colossians 157

8 Summary: What are the Powers for Paul? 199

Part III A Cross-Cultural Perspective

9 The Powers in Cross-Cultural Context: Africa 215

Reference Works 235

Bibliography 237

Index of Authors 265

Index of Scripture and Ancient Author 271

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