Uneasy Neighbors: Church and State in the New TestamentFortress Press - 225 páginas What does the New Testament have to say about the attitude of Christians and the church toward those who exercise political authority? Few topics have caused more controversy in the history of the church than the relationship between church and state-from the first century to the present. Pilgrim offers an analysis of the various attitudes of New Testament writers on this difficult subject, ranging from submission to overt resistance by the church. The volume also excursus on "Church and State in Luke-Acts" and a concluding chapter on hermeneutics. |
Índice
Introduction | 1 |
Ethic of Subordination | 7 |
The Texts | 8 |
Loyalty Traditions in Judaism and Early Christianity | 22 |
Interpreting Romans 13 and Related New Testament Traditions | 27 |
Summary | 36 |
Ethic of Critical Distancing Jesus and the Gospels | 37 |
Jesus Public Ministry | 41 |
Letters to the Seven Churches Revelation 23 | 149 |
The Understanding of the State | 151 |
The Churchs Response | 161 |
Summary | 178 |
Church and Government from the New Testament to the Present | 181 |
A Proposed Paradigm for the Churchs Response Today | 187 |
A Paradigm for ChurchState Relations | 192 |
Epilogue | 211 |
The Passion Narratives | 98 |
Jesus Ethic of Distancing in the Gospels | 123 |
Church and State in LukeActs | 125 |
Ethic of Resistance The Book of Revelation | 145 |
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