Solidarity and Difference: A Contemporary Reading of Paul's Ethics (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780567662828)

David G. Horrell presents a study of Pauline ethics, examining how Paul's moral discourse envisages and constructs communities in which there is a strong sense of solidarity but also legitimate difference in various aspects of ethical practice. Horrell reads New Testament texts with an explicit awareness of contemporary ethical theory, and assesses Paul's contribution as a moral thinker in the context of modern debate.


Using a framework indebted to the social sciences, as well as to contemporary ethical theory, Horrell examines the construction of community in Paul's letters, the notions of purity, boundaries and identity, Paul's attempts to deal with diversity in his churches, the role of imitating Christ in Paul's ethics, and the ethic Paul develops for interaction with 'outsiders'. Finally, the pattern of Paul's moral thinking is considered in relation to the liberal-communitarian debate, with explicit consideration given to the central moral norms of Pauline thought, and the prospects for, and problems with, appropriating these in the contemporary world. This Cornerstones edition includes an extended reflective introduction and a substantial foreword from N.T. Wright.

Author: David G. Horrell
ISBN-10: 0567662829
ISBN-13: 9780567662828
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 11/19/2015
Pages: 440
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.20w x 1.00d