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Good Works in 1 Peter: Negotiating Social Conflict and Christian Identity in the Greco-Roman World

by Travis B. Williams

  • Hardback
  • Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
  • 16.1 x 23.8 x 2.2 cm

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Drawing on recent insights from postcolonial theory and social psychology, Travis B. Williams seeks to diagnose the social strategy of good works in 1 Peter by examining how the persistent admonition to do good is intended to be an appropriate response to social conflict. Challenging the modern consensus, which interprets the epistle's good works language as an attempt to accommodate Greco-Roman society and thereby to lessen social hostility, the author demonstrates that the exhortation to do good envisages a pattern of conduct which stands opposed to popular values. The Petrine author appropriates terminology that was commonly associated with wealth and social privilege and reinscribes it with a new meaning in order to provide his marginalized readers with an alternative vision of reality, one in which the honor and approval so valued in society is finally available to them. The good works theme thus articulates a competing discourse which challenges dominant social structures and the hegemonic ideology which underlies them.
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  • Author

    Travis B. Williams

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Mohr Siebeck

  • Published

    October 2014

  • Weight

    832g

  • Dimensions

    16.1 x 23.8 x 2.2 cm

  • ISBN

    9783161532511

  • ISBN-10

    3161532511

  • Eden Code

    4894590

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