Reading Acts theologically / Steve Walton.
| Author/creator | Walton, Steve, 1955- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | London ; New York : T&T Clark, 2022. |
| Copyright Date | cu2022 |
| Description | vii, 269 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | The library of New Testament studies, 2513-8790 Library of New Testament studies ; 661. ^A1137901 |
| Contents | Part I. Looking at Acts -- 1. Reading Acts theologically -- 2. The Acts -- of God? What is the 'Acts of the Apostles' all about? -- 3. Doing theology Lukewise: Luke as theologian and storyteller -- Part II. The Believing Communities and Their World -- 4. Calling the church names: Learning about Christian identity from Acts -- 5. Primitive communism in Acts? Does Acts present the community of goods (2:44-45; 4:32-35) as mistaken? -- 6. A tale of two perspectives? The place of the Temple in Acts -- 7. Deciding about deciding: Early Christian communal decision-making in Acts -- 8. Trying Paul or tryng Rome? Judges and accused in the Roman trials of Paul in Acts -- 9. What does 'Mission' in Acts mean in relation to the 'Powers that be'? -- Part III. Theological Themes in Acts -- 10. Jesus, present and/or absent? The presence and presentationof Jesus as a character in the Book of Acts -- 11. Identity and Christology: The ascended Jesus in the Book of Acts -- 12. 'The Heavens opened': Cosmological and theological transformation in Luke and Acts -- 13. Turning anthropology right side up: Seeing human life and existence Lukewise. |
| Abstract | "Steve Walton collects several of his key essays into an expansive and coherent perspective, focusing on the theological perspective of Acts while considering the book's nature and focus, its portrait of the early Christian communities and their mission in the culturally varied first-century world, and its major theological themes"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Walton, Steve, 1955- Reading Acts theologically London ; New York : T&T Clark, 2022 9780567702838 |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| LCCN | 2021056144 |
| ISBN | 9780567702821 |
| ISBN | 0567702820 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
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