Grown Up Religion: Polemic and Pastoral Practice in Paul’s Letter to the Galatians
Paul’s argument against his opponents in Galatians has frequently been used to support division amongst Christians, sometimes with catastrophic results. Can this angry polemical letter be of any use for pastoral practice today? Building on a critique of J. L. Martyn’s interpretation of Galatians and...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Sage
[2015]
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The expository times
Jahr: 2015, Band: 127, Heft: 3, Seiten: 105-113 |
| RelBib Classification: | AE Religionspsychologie HC Neues Testament RG Seelsorge |
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Pastoral Practice
B CHRISTIAN apologetics B Galatians B Bible. Galatians B Pastoral Theology B RELIGIOUS psychology B psychology of religion B MARTYN, J. L B J. L. Martyn B Paul |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Paul’s argument against his opponents in Galatians has frequently been used to support division amongst Christians, sometimes with catastrophic results. Can this angry polemical letter be of any use for pastoral practice today? Building on a critique of J. L. Martyn’s interpretation of Galatians and drawing on ideas from the psychology of religion, this article suggests that if Paul is seen as tackling a case of “immature religion”, we can be guided by his argument, without emulating his divisive approach. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5308 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: The expository times
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0014524614535155 |