Acts: An Earth Bible Commentary

Michael Trainor is Senior Lecturer in Biblical Studies at Australian Catholic University, Australia.

• AbbreviationsList of FiguresList of PhotosList of MapsIntroduction: Situating the Acts of the ApostlesPART IChapter 1. Acts 1.1-5. An Ecological Orientation Chapter 2. Acts 1.6-11. The Ecological MissionChapter 3. Acts 1.12-2.47. The Ecologically Renewed Household Chapter 4. Acts 3.1-6.7. The Fruitfulness of Earth’s ChildrenChapter 5. Acts 6.8-8.1a. Earth’s Presence in Stephen’s Story of IsraelPART IIChapter 6. Acts 8.1b-9.31. Water and EarthChapter 7. Acts 9.32-11.18. Earth’s Linen SheetChapter 8. Acts 11.19-14.28. Earth’s Interconnectivity and the God of CreationChapter 9. Acts 15.1-16.40. Earth Acts at PhilippiChapter 10. Acts 17.1-18.1. The God of Life and BreathChapter 11. Acts 18.2-20.12. The Artisan, Artemis and the Lord’s SupperChapter 12. Acts 20.13-26.32. Earth’s Child identifies with Earth’s ChildrenPART IIIChapter 13. Acts 27.1-28.31. The Final Voyage towards Rome and Earth’s ‘End’PART IVConclusion: Luke’s Ecological Resonances in ActsBibliographyIndex of AuthorsIndex of References

Trainor’s volumes on Luke and Acts are among the best entries in the Earth Bible Commentary series, illustrating how his intertextual ecological hermeneutic might bring fresh encounters with biblical texts that have immediate application in today’s world.