TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rana, Ashok Ram
AU  - Rana,Ashok Ram
TI  - Socio-Historical Context of Paul`s Confrontation in Galatians and Christian Identity in a Pluralistic Society
SN  - 9789351481928
U1  - BC68 
PY  - 2017///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Christian World Imprints
KW  - Bible, Criticism
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Galatians
KW  - Religious Pluralism
N1  - includes index and biblioraphy; 1. Historical and Socio-Cultural Context of Paul`s Confrontation in Galatians .........1  Confrontation .......2  Historical account of Confrontation in Biblical History ...........3  Social Sciences and Galatians` Context .....12  Religious - political and socio-Cultural Issues in Galatians ...................16  The concept of Ecclesiology in Paul..19  Jerusalem council and its Impact on Galatians christian community......29  Arguments for the Identity between galatians .........34  Paul`s Experience : Conversion or call?.......37  2. Socio-Cultureal approach to galatians 2 and other related Texts............41  Paul`s Argument and its context in Gal 1:1-11...........42  Paul`s exposure of Peter`s Eating habits.............48  Historical Analysis of the incident at antioch...............60  Evaluation of Texts............62  The limits of table-fellowship in the judaism of the late second temple period.......66  Theology of ethics in Paul......67  3. Pauline christiligical and missiological framework and his Gentiles mission ............79  The origins of paul`s Christology.....80  Paul`s Conversion/Call and early christian tradition ............81  The narrative frame work of Paul`s Christology.......82  The divinity and humanity of jesus christ in Paul`s Christology........................82  The significance of the Resurrection ...........86  Christ as the image of God..............89  Paul`s Christology in his thought world ..........90  Soteriology.......103  Paul`s Mission to jews and non-jews: A theological Debate............107  4. Reinterpreting paul`s Confrontation with peter in the light of Redefinition of Christian identity in a pluralistic context ...............127  Religious pluralism in India ........128  Caste system and its impact on Society..........128  Hindu nationalism and its ideology............128  Eating habits in India and socio-cultural dynamism ..............130  Christian identity in India ..133  Salvation and grace.....142  Who will be saved ......147  discrimination within the church and model of petrine christianity...........151  Religious freedom and christianity in India ...153  The story and doctrine of lord`s supper ...............155  Implications ..............158
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