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Author:  Format: H x W: Manufacturer: Pages:	Stephen Finlan Soft Cover 9"  (22.8 cm) x 6"  (15.2 cm) Liturgical Press 232

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Much of the popular understanding of the apostle Paul has been shaped, not by Paul's letters themselves, but by the Acts of the Apostles. This understanding, many believe, leads to misunderstanding Paul’s theology. In The Apostle Paul and the Pauline Tradition Stephen Finlan takes a new approach, focusing on the letters themselves. He views the Pauline tradition as including the teachings and writings of Paul himself, the assimilation and often simplification of Paul’s ideas by those who followed him and then wrote letters in his name, and the final form of the letters the church has labeled as Paul’s. Through this broad, shifting, and expanding notion of tradition, readers will explore with Finlan such questions as:

• What did Paul really think—and write—about Jesus, redemption, and the Christian life?
• Who were the original audiences that first received these texts?
• How and how much did Paul’s followers change his ideas in the letters they wrote "for" him?
 

Finlan is convinced that this “educated questioning and investigating becomes a valid part of the life of faith—not replacing faith, but joined to it.” Through his accessibly written text, readers in the end will understand and agree.

Stephen Finlan, PhD, is an adjunct professor at Drew University and has taught at Fordham. He is also author of Problems with Atonement and Options on Atonement in Christian Thought (both published by Liturgical Press).

St. Paul the Apostle

Feast Day: Eastern Calendar - 06/29 Roman Rite Calendar - 06/29 Tridentine Calendar - 06/29 Patron Of: Against Snakes, Authors, Hospital Public Relations, Journalists, Poisonous Snakes, Press, Publishers, Rome, Rope Makers, Snake Bite, Travel, Writers Memorial     25 January (celebration of his conversion)     29 June (celebration of Saints Peter and Paul co-founders of the Church of Rome)     18 November (feast of the dedication of the Basilicas of St. Peter and of St. Paul) Profile     Saul was a Jewish Talmudic student. Pharisee. Tent-maker by trade. Saul the Jew hated and persecuted Christians as heretical, even assisting at the stoning of Saint Stephen the First Martyr. On his way to Damascus to arrest another group of them, he was knocked off his horse and to the ground, struck blind by a heavenly light, and given the message that in persecuting Christians, he was persecuting Christ. The experience had a profound spiritual effect on him, causing his conversion to Christianity. He was baptized, changed his name to Paul to reflect his new persona, and began travelling, preaacing and writing. Author of much of the New Testament of the Sacred Scriptures and is often called the 13th Apostle. He was martyred by the sword in Rome. Born     c.3 as Saul at Tarsus, Cilicia (modern Turkey) Died     A martyr, beheaded c.65 at Rome, Italy Patronage     against snakes; authors; Bath Abbey; Bath, England; Catholic Action; Cursillo movement; diocese of Birmingham, Alabama; diocese of Calbayog, Philippines; diocese of Covington, Kentucky; evangelists; hailstorms; hospital public relations; journalists; Kavala, Greece; diocese of Las Vegas, Nevada; lay people; Malta; diocese of Maralal, Kenya; missionary bishops; Münster, Germany; musicians; Naumburg, Germany; newspaper editorial staff; archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; poisonous snakes; Poznan Poland; diocese of Providence, Rhode Island; public relations personnel; public relations work; publishers; reporters; Rome; rope braiders; rope makers; saddlemakers; saddlers; snake bites; tent makers; Umbria, Italy; diocese of Worcester, Massachusetts; writers   All information used with permission of the Patron Saint Index.

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