The Ritual World of Paul the Apostle: Metaphysics, Community and Symbol in 1 Corinthians 10-11
Michael Lakey explores the theological significance of the rituals of Baptism and the Lord's Supper in Pauline theology, with the argument culminating in an analysis of the significance of ritual dining in 1 Corinthians 10:14-22 and the Lord's Supper in 1 Corinthians 11:17-34. By contrast with 'social world' forms of comparison between rituals in the Pauline communities and other communities in antiquity, this study focuses primarily upon the theologically integrating function these rituals perform in relation to Paul's theology and ethics.

Lakey builds upon Clifford Geertz's systemic understanding of religion by showing how, for Paul, Baptism and the Lord's Supper facilitate specific connections between his metaphysics on the one hand, and the form or pattern of life he enjoins upon his churches on the other. This volume considers precisely what - given his theological and ethical premises - Paul's underlying beliefs regarding these ritual events may have been, allowing for a preliminary discussion of specific lines of post-interpretation in the early patristic period.

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The Ritual World of Paul the Apostle: Metaphysics, Community and Symbol in 1 Corinthians 10-11
Michael Lakey explores the theological significance of the rituals of Baptism and the Lord's Supper in Pauline theology, with the argument culminating in an analysis of the significance of ritual dining in 1 Corinthians 10:14-22 and the Lord's Supper in 1 Corinthians 11:17-34. By contrast with 'social world' forms of comparison between rituals in the Pauline communities and other communities in antiquity, this study focuses primarily upon the theologically integrating function these rituals perform in relation to Paul's theology and ethics.

Lakey builds upon Clifford Geertz's systemic understanding of religion by showing how, for Paul, Baptism and the Lord's Supper facilitate specific connections between his metaphysics on the one hand, and the form or pattern of life he enjoins upon his churches on the other. This volume considers precisely what - given his theological and ethical premises - Paul's underlying beliefs regarding these ritual events may have been, allowing for a preliminary discussion of specific lines of post-interpretation in the early patristic period.

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The Ritual World of Paul the Apostle: Metaphysics, Community and Symbol in 1 Corinthians 10-11

The Ritual World of Paul the Apostle: Metaphysics, Community and Symbol in 1 Corinthians 10-11

The Ritual World of Paul the Apostle: Metaphysics, Community and Symbol in 1 Corinthians 10-11

The Ritual World of Paul the Apostle: Metaphysics, Community and Symbol in 1 Corinthians 10-11

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Michael Lakey explores the theological significance of the rituals of Baptism and the Lord's Supper in Pauline theology, with the argument culminating in an analysis of the significance of ritual dining in 1 Corinthians 10:14-22 and the Lord's Supper in 1 Corinthians 11:17-34. By contrast with 'social world' forms of comparison between rituals in the Pauline communities and other communities in antiquity, this study focuses primarily upon the theologically integrating function these rituals perform in relation to Paul's theology and ethics.

Lakey builds upon Clifford Geertz's systemic understanding of religion by showing how, for Paul, Baptism and the Lord's Supper facilitate specific connections between his metaphysics on the one hand, and the form or pattern of life he enjoins upon his churches on the other. This volume considers precisely what - given his theological and ethical premises - Paul's underlying beliefs regarding these ritual events may have been, allowing for a preliminary discussion of specific lines of post-interpretation in the early patristic period.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780567120342
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 12/27/2018
Series: The Library of New Testament Studies , #602
Pages: 232
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Michael Lakey is Lecturer in New Testament at Ripon College Cuddesdon, Oxford, UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: Background to the Study
Chapter 2: Ritual in Social Scientific Perspective
Chapter 3: Metaphysics - Paul, the Church and the Spirit
Chapter 4: Community - Paul, the Church and Life in the Spirit
Chapter 5: Symbol - Baptism and the Lord's Supper
Chapter 6: The Lord's Supper in Paul's Early Interpreters
Conclusions

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