Table of Contents
Preface
PART ONE PAUL IN THE SERVICE OF DEATH
Paul in the Service of Death
South Carolina
The Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1637
The "New World Order": Guatemala, 1982
The Pauline Legacy as an Ideological Weapon of Death
The Dynamics of Paul's Enslavement
Toward the Liberation of Paul
Paul in the Service of Liberation
The Canonical Betrayal of the Apostle
Facing the Facts of Pseudepigraphy
Reexamining Paul's "Social Conservation"
Paul and Slavery (I) 1 Corinthians 7:21
Paul and Slavery (II): Philemon
The Pauline Gospel and the Redemption of Slaves
Paul and women: The Curious Persistence of 1 Corinthians 14:34-35
The Mystificatino of the Apostle Paul
The Gentrification of the Apostle
The Question of Paul's Social Location
The Problem of Explaining Paul's "Conservatism," AgainPaul's Dejudaization
The Classical Reading of Paul-against-Judaism
The Inadequacy of the "New Perspective on Paul"
A Third Way?
The Theological Marginalizatino of Paul's Politics
The Babylonian Captivity of the Letter to the Romans
Paul's Deployment in the Struggle against Liberation Theology
Toward a New Approach
A "Quest for the Historical Paul"
Reading Paul in a Confessional Situation
Paul's Preferential Option for the Poor and Oppressed
A Personal Angle of Vision
PART TWO: FROM DEATH TO LIFE
Paul and the Violence of the Cross
The Political Significance of Crucifixion
The Politics of Jesus' Death
Mimetic Conflict, Violence, and Christian Origins
Paul and the Mythologizing of the Cross
Did Paul Obscure the Political Character of Jesus' Death?
Paul and "the Powers"
Did Paul Mystify Jesus' Death within the Logic of Sacrifice?
Did Paul Think the Torah Killed Jesus?
The Cross and the Justice of God
The Apocalypse of the Crudivied Messiah
Apocalyptic Mysticism and Paul's "Conversion"
Saul the Pharisee's Motives in Persecuting the Church
Apocalypticism and Resistance in Roman-Occupied Judea
The Fourth Philosophy
An Apocalyptic Rationale for Resistance: 4 Maccabees
The Book of Biblical Antiquitties and the Psalms of Solomon
Apocalypticism and "Political Realism" among the Pharisees
Sacred Violence and Paul's Conversion
The Apocalyptic Contours of Paul's Apostolate
Apostolic Praxis: Living out the dying of Jesus
The Ideological Context: The Theology of Empire
Communities of Discernment
Discerning the Lie: "Peace and Security"
Discerning the Lie: "Justice and Faith"
Communities of Resistance
Communities of Solidarity with the Crucified
Challenging the Ideology of Privilege: 1 Corinthians
Discerning and Resisting the Ideology of Privilege
A Holy Solidarity with Those Not Yet Free
Confronting the Ideology of Power (Romans)
The Theological Offense of Romans 13:1-7
The Historical Problem of Romans 13:1-7
An Exhortation against Rivalry
Liberating Paul
Notes
General Index
Index of Names
Index of Citations of Ancient Literature
