Joshua W. Jipp
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About the Author
Joshua W. Jipp, Ph.D. (2012), Emory University, is Assistant Professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He has published articles on the New Testament in New Testament Studies, Journal of Biblical Literature, Journal for the Study of the New Testament, and Catholic Biblical mostrar mais Quarterly. mostrar menos
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Such is the question taken up by Joshua Jipp in Pauline Theology as a Way of Life: A Vision of Human Flourishing in Christ.
Of discussions regarding Paul and his theology there is no end, and most of them end up getting locked into the various doctrinal disputations which have marked successive phases of Christian doctrinal history.
The author has done well at setting aside most such things and to focus on the much more “practical” question, asking what Paul would think it is all about in the end.
To this end he introduces two conversation partners: ancient philosophy and modern positive psychology. The work begins by setting forth the narratives about each of these three: who they are and what they represent. The author then sets forth various theses regarding what Paul would suggest in terms of human flourishing, and compares and contrasts those premises with the perspectives which would be found in ancient philosophy and modern positive psychology.
The author well concludes his analysis: Paul would find human flourishing best in joint participation in the life of God in Christ through the Spirit, both with God and with fellow Christians, having died to sin and cultivating the fruit of the Spirit, and all with a view toward sharing in the resurrection of life. We can see where ancient philosophies and modern positive psychology are in alignment with this goal, yet neither could or would go as far as Paul would in these matters, and have very different end points because of their very different goals and frameworks.
Therefore, the premises and the conclusion are sound; the analysis requires some familiarity with the New Testament and Pauline theology but not necessarily at the scholarly level. This would be a profitable book for all Christians who wish to consider what Paul is actually about in the end, especially in light of the ancient philosophies and modern positive psychology which tend to animate many in the secular world and whose principles are often introduced, whether in ignorance or through malevolence, into Christian faith and exhortation.… (mais)