Romans and the Legacy of St Paul: Historical Theological and Social Perspectives: 1 (Occasional)

IntroductionChapter 1: James R. Harrison Romans and the Western Intellectual Tradition: From Church to Society and Back AgainPART 1. On First Hearing Romans Read Aloud in Neronian Rome: Theological and Historical Reverberations; Chapter 2: Brendan Byrne SJ The Apocalyptic Motif of the Last Judgement: The Essential Horizon of Pauls Argument in Romans; Chapter 3: Brendan Byrne SJ Justification and Last Judgment in Romans: The Place of Chapters 5-8; Chapter 4: Mark Reasoner Pauls Letter against the Roman Gods; Chapter 5: Mark Reasoner Hope against Hope in Pauls Scriptures and in Rome.PART 2. Romans and the Challenge of Exegesis: Reading and Being Read by the EpistleChapter 6: Stephen Gilmour Justification from Sin: An Examination of Romans 6:7; Chapter 7: David Hughes The Love Tax: Pauls Neighbourliness in Romans 13:1-7; Chapter 8: Peter Orr The Intercession of Christ in Romans 8:34; Chapter 9: Murray Smith Gods Righteousness Christs Faithfulness and Justification by Faith Alone; Chapter 10: Stephen Spence Personal Obedience (and Sin) in the New Age of Faith: Rehearing Romans 14:23b.PART 3. Romans and the Challenge of Theology: From Text to SocietyChapter 11: Louise Gosbell A Disability Reading of Pauls Use of the Body of Christ Metaphor in Romans 12:3-8 and 1 Corinthians 12:12-31; Chapter 12: James R. Harrison Pauls Legacy in Romans and the Confession Inscriptions of Asia Minor: The Difficulty of Moving Beyond Divine Justice to Mercy in Antiquity.PART 4. Ancient Epistles and the Puzzling Particularity of RomansChapter 13: Peter Bolt Untangling the Pauline Handshakes: Who is Greeting Whom in Romans 16?; Chapter 14: Alan Cadwallader Phoebe in and around Romans: The Weight of Marginal Reception. PART 5. The Theological Social and Philosophical Legacy of Romans: From Augustine to AgambenChapter 15: Peter G. Bolt James R. Harrison and Peter Laughlin The Legacy of Pauls Epistle to the Romans: From Augustine to Agamben; Chapter 16: Jin Heung Kim Locus on Justification in Vermiglis Commentary on Romans.PART 6. A Personal Reflection on the Legacy of RomansChapter 17 Michele Connolly On First Looking into Pauls Romans and Why Roman Catholics Need to Do It More