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New Perspectives on Paul #1 - Coggle Diagram
New Perspectives on Paul #1
Lost three friends
Alun/Phil
strong faith
No doubt about destiny
Fil - kind, clever - atheist
Hell?
certainly doesn't truly believe!
Crisis!
If God rejects Fil - why doesn't he reject me? - faith seems so weak, compared to my sin
Or faith as small as a mustard seed?
Remembered Steve Chalke
Lost message of Paul
Lost Message of Jesus
Penal substitution?
Continues
Hilary bought a copy for me
Theological movement
New perspectives on Paul
Started in 70's - Sanders
Since then serious theo's NT Wright - contributed to debate
They don't all agree!
But do agree that Paul has been misunderstood
RC/Orthodox split 1054
Challenging RC - indulgences etc. Salvation by works
Asserted
sola fide
- faith alone for salvation
pin-up for nazism?
Assume Paul to be 15th c - rather than 1st C Jew
Reform movement (Martin Luther)
Paul's words used to ...
sanction crusades and inquisitions
approve witch hunts
portray African as cursed by God to justify slavery
legitimise apartheid
keep women as subservient to men
oppress gay people