Reading Acts in the Discourses of Masculinity and Politics

Eric D. Barreto is Associate Professor of New Testament at Princeton Theological Seminary, USA.Matthew L. Skinner is Professor of New Testament at Luther Seminary, USA.Steve Walton is Professorial Research Fellow at St Mary's University, UK.

• List of Contributors1. Introduction, the EditorsWarts and All? Acts in the Discourses of Masculinity2. The Language of Gender in ActsChristina Petterson, Humboldt Universität, Germany3. Taking the Measure of Masculinities in the Book of ActsColleen Conway, Seton Hall University, USA4. Contextualizing Masculinity in the Book of Acts: Peter and Paul as Test CasesBrittany E. Wilson, Duke University, USA5. Making Jewish Men in a Greco-Roman World: Masculinity and the Circumcision of Timothy in Acts 16:1-5Christopher Stroup, Boston University, USAEmpowering, Engaging, or Distancing? Acts in the Discourses of Politics6. The State They Were In: Luke's View of the Roman EmpireSteve Walton, St Mary's University, UK7. Who Speaks For (or Against) Rome? Acts in Relation to EmpireMatthew L. Skinner, Luther Seminary, St Paul, USA8. Paul and Roman Law: The Luck of the DrawBruce W. Winter, Queensland Theological College, Australia9. Empowering, Empire-ing or Engaging? Acts in the Discourse of Politics: A ResponseMikeal C. Parsons, Baylor University, USA10. Turning the Empire Upside Down: A ResponseBarbara Rossing, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, USA11. Afterword, the EditorsBibliographyIndex

These essays will be essential reading for anyone wishing to understand masculinity and politics in relation to the study of the book of Acts.