Paul in Contexts

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This one week intensive seminar-format DMin course is an attempt at reading Pauline Epistles from the perspective of their first century socio-historical contexts as well as from the viewpoints of our twenty-first century existential contexts. As a "thinker in action" Paul will be studied first in terms of the interface between his life and work, and then his theology as "work in progress" will be discussed to see if it is possible to trace a meaningful trajectory of the evolution of his thoughts, especially in the scope of soteriology. This trajectory then would further shed light on some of the contemporary issues of Christian identity in the pluralistic and multi-religious global society. [Faculty Consent required]