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

by Travis B. Williams

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3161532511
• ISBN13: 9783161532511
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
• Length: 434 Pages