TY - BOOK AU - Horsley, Richard A AU - Horsley,Richard A TI - Paul and Empire: Religion and Power in Roman Imperial Society SN - 1563382172 U1 - C37.1 PY - 1997/// CY - New York PB - Trinity Press International N1 - includes index and biblioraphy; Part I THE GOSPEL OF IMPERIAL SALVATION Introduction 1. Laus Imperii R A. BRUNT 25 2. Who Is the True Prophet? DIETER GEORGI 36 3. Rituals and Power S. R. R PRICE 47 4. The Power of Images PAUL ZANKER 72 Part II PATRONAGE, PRIESTHOODS, AND POWER Introduction 5. Patronal Power Relations PETER GARNSEY AND RICHARD SALLER 96 6. Patronage in Roman Corinth JOHN K. CHOW 104 7. The Veil of Power RICHARD GORDON 126 Part III PAUL`S COUNTER-IMPERIAL GOSPEL Introduction 8. God Turned Upside Down DIETER GEORGI 148 9. Imperial Ideology and Paul`s Eschatology in 1 Thessalonians HELMUT KOESTER 158 10. The Anti-Imperial Message of the Cross NEIL ELLIOTT 167 11. Romans 13:1-7 in the Context of Imperial Propaganda NEIL ELLIOTT 184 Part IV BUILDING AN ALTERNATIVE SOCIETY Introduction 206 12. The Imperial Cults of Thessalonica and Political Conflict in 1 Thessalonians KARL R DONFRIED 215 13. The Praxis of Coequal Discipleship ELISABETH SCHUSSLER FIORENZA 224 14. 1 Corinthians: A Case Study of Paul`s Assembly as an Alternative Society RICHARD A. HORSLEY 242 ER -