Profaning Paul

by Cavan W. Concannon and Cavan Concannon

Book Overview

A critical reconsideration of the repeated use of the biblical letters of Paul.

The letters of Paul have been used to support and condone a host of evils over the span of more than two millennia: racism, slavery, imperialism, misogyny, and anti-Semitism, to name a few. Despite, or in some cases because of, this history, readers of Paul have felt compelled to reappropriate his letters to fit liberal or radical politics, seeking to set...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022681565X
• ISBN13: 9780226815657
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"