Cross and Human Transformation
Paul's Apocalyptic Word in 1 Corinthians
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Cross and Human Transformation: Paul's Apocalyptic Word in 1 Corinthians
In our time the cross is often more a source
of controversy than a sign of peace. While
aware of differing points of view, Alexandra
Brown shows that Paul's proclamation of the
cross was an inclusive and empowering word
of liberation, peace, and
reconciliation.
In 1 Corinthians Paul strikes at the heart of schism in the church. Against the barriers of ego and ideology that divided believers in Corinth, he proclaims a liberating message. This book explores the way the word of the cross in 1 Corinthians invades the perception of its hearers, liberating them from the old world with its enslaving system of convictions and ushering them into the new creation revealed by the cross.
In 1 Corinthians Paul strikes at the heart of schism in the church. Against the barriers of ego and ideology that divided believers in Corinth, he proclaims a liberating message. This book explores the way the word of the cross in 1 Corinthians invades the perception of its hearers, liberating them from the old world with its enslaving system of convictions and ushering them into the new creation revealed by the cross.
- Publisher Fortress Press
- Format Paperback
- ISBN 9780800626778
- Dimensions 6 x 9
- Pages 208
- Publication Date August 24, 1995
Endorsements
"This is a very important study. Reflecting thorough and judicious scholarship, Brown illuminates not only the text of 1 Corinthians but also Paul's understanding of the cross as 'the power of God to salvation' in light of his background in the Jewish wisdom tradition and apocalyptic."
— E. Glenn Hinson, Baptist Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
"Brown's work holds promise for returning the cross to a more central place in contemporary Christian proclamation. For too long the hucksters and charlatans of religion have reduced the scope of the cross to the inner cartography of the soul. Brown's work shows that the cross can be read from a perspective that brings the whole world and our perceptions of it within its orbit."
-David Schnasa Jacobsen, Biblical Interpretation
— E. Glenn Hinson, Baptist Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia.
"Brown's work holds promise for returning the cross to a more central place in contemporary Christian proclamation. For too long the hucksters and charlatans of religion have reduced the scope of the cross to the inner cartography of the soul. Brown's work shows that the cross can be read from a perspective that brings the whole world and our perceptions of it within its orbit."
-David Schnasa Jacobsen, Biblical Interpretation
Table of Contents
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Abbreviations
- Paul as Apocalyptic Preacher
- The Word of the Cross as Apocalyptic Disclosure
- "What the Cook Draws from the Larder": The Context of the Performative Word in Corinth
- Act 1: Word of the Cross, Power, and Perception
- Act 2: The Cross, the Spirit, and the Mind of Christ
- Conclusion: Living the Transformed Mind
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Paul as Apocalyptic Thinker
Conclusion
The "Total Speech Situation" at Corinth
Paul's Performative Strategy
The Wisdom Tradition and the Search for Knowledge
The Apocalyptic Tradition and the Search for Knowledge
The Spirit as Agent of Knowing in Wisdom and Apocalyptic Traditions
Conclusion
Conflicting Allegiances at Corinth: 1 Corinthians 1:10-17
The Word of the Cross as Apocalyptic Mystery: 1 Corinthians 2:1-5
The Wisdom of This Age versus the Wisdom of God
The Spirit of the World versus the Spirit of God
The Psychic versus the Pneumatic
Having the Mind of Christ
Transformed Perception and Reconciliation
The Performative Drama in Review: Epistemology and Ethics Reconciled
Seeing and Acting in the Power of the Cross
Select Bibliography
Index of Biblical References
Index of Modern Authors