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PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - Introduction
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - Introduction
by SPCK - N T Wright
Chapter Four A COCK FOR ASCLEPIUS: ‘RELIGION’ AND ‘CULTURE’ IN PAUL’S WORLD 1 Introduction ‘The world is full of gods,’ Thales had said.1 But gods, by definition, do not play according to our rules. They’re inconsistent, pursuing private quarrels, moods and fancies, eager for bri…
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - Reflections on the Religious World of Paul's Day
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - Reflections on the Religious World of Paul's Day
by SPCK - N T Wright
Chapter Four A COCK FOR ASCLEPIUS: ‘RELIGION’ AND ‘CULTURE’ IN PAUL’S WORLD 3. Reflections on the Religious World of Paul’s Day The main thing to emerge for our purposes from this short survey is that what Cicero and others referred to loosely with the word religio penetrated mor…
Paul and the Faithfulness of God - In the Provinces: Enthusiastic and Diverse
Paul and the Faithfulness of God - In the Provinces: Enthusiastic and Diverse
by SPCK - N T Wright
THE EAGLE HAS LANDED: ROME AND THE CHALLENGE OF EMPIRE 4. The Religion of Empire (ii) The Divine Augustus (b) In the Provinces: Enthusiastic and Diverse The altar in Lyons, referred to above, is not the only one in the north-western empire in this period. The altar found at Colog…
Paul and the Faithfulness of God - The Divine Augustus
Paul and the Faithfulness of God - The Divine Augustus
by SPCK - N T Wright
THE EAGLE HAS LANDED: ROME AND THE CHALLENGE OF EMPIRE 4. The Religion of Empire (ii) The Divine Augustus (a) In Rome: Informal but Clear The caution which Augustus displayed over any claims to divinity in Rome was not matched either by his keenest followers at home or by his ent…
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - The Religion of Empire
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - The Religion of Empire
by SPCK - N T Wright
4. The Religion of Empire (i) Introduction Scholarship wobbles from one thing to another. The fortunes of ‘emperor-worship’ in recent study are typical of what happens in many areas. Faced with a rich density of material, scholars can easily lose sight of one entire segment of th…
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