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Paul's New Creation

Name: Paul's New Creation
Brand: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
SKU: 9781666905083
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ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERSISBN: 9781666905083

Vision for a New World and Community

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Imprint: LEXINGTON BOOKS
By: By Sejong Chun
Release Date: January 31, 2023
Format: HARDBACK
Pages: 230

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Was Paul a middleman for God's new creation? In Paul's New Creation: Vision for a New World and Community, Sejong Chun suggests a surprising answer to this question through inter(con)textual readings of Paul's (new) creation passages from the perspective of the Korean immigrant church in America. Sejong points out that scholars have regarded Paul's new creation as if it were an abstract concept. The author focuses on its real character by proposing the ekklesia as a tangible embodiment of God's new creation, emphasizing its cosmic dimension and ecclesiastical meaning. Sejong suggests Paul as a middleman with his Gentile churches who delivered God's super-abundant grace to the marginalized urban poor in the Jerusalem church. Paul and the early Christians in central cities around the Mediterranean basin fulfilled the collective project of the Jerusalem collection. Paul's collection was an ultimate sign of independence from the Jerusalem church authority and a manifestation of a new and alternative economy against the exploitative and hierarchical structure of the Roman Empire.

Sejong Chun is visiting professor of the New Testament at Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea.

Introduction Chapter One: Methodology: Inter(con)textual Dialogue Chapter Two: Life Context for Reading: The Situations of Korean Immigrants in The United States Chapter Three: (New) Creation in Romans 8 and 2 Corinthians 5 Chapter Four: New Creation in Galatians Chapter Five: New Creation and Power Dynamics Chapter Six: New Creation and God's New Economy Conclusion Bibliography About the Author

Sejong Chun's new book, Paul's New Creation: Vision for a New World and Community, tackles one of the most palpable themes in Paul's vocabulary, "new creation." Chun elaborates on this theme critically and contextually, placing the new creation in the lives of Korean immigrants in America, elucidating it in a world full of dangers and uncertainties. This topic is timely, and readers may benefit from this book because it takes new creation seriously and connects it to our lives. This book is an essential guide to "new creation theology" by Paul. -- Yung Suk Kim, Virginia Union University

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