Steve Walton is professor of New Testament at Trinity College, Bristol, UK.

• AcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsPart I: Looking at ActsChapter 1: Reading Acts TheologicallyChapter 2: The Acts—of God? What is the 'Acts of the Apostles' All About?Chapter 3: Doing Theology Lukewise: Luke as Theologian and StorytellerPart II: The Believing Communities and Their WorldChapter 4: Calling the Church Names: Learning about Christian Identity from ActsChapter 5: Primitive Communism in Acts? Does Acts Present the Community of Goods (2:44-45; 4:32-35) as Mistaken?Chapter 6: A Tale of Two Perspectives? The Temple in ActsChapter 7: Deciding about Deciding: Early Christian Communal Decision-Making in ActsChapter 8: Trying Paul or Trying Rome? Judges and Accused in the Roman Trials of Paul in ActsChapter 9: What Does ‘Mission’ in Acts Mean in Relation to the ‘Powers That Be’?Part III Theological Themes in ActsChapter 10: Jesus Present and/or Absent? The Presence and Presentation of Jesus as a Character in the Book of ActsChapter 11: Identity and Christology: The Ascended Jesus in the Book of ActsChapter 12: ‘The Heavens Opened’: Cosmological and Theological Transformation in Luke and ActsChapter 13: Turning Anthropology Right Side Up: Seeing Human Life and Existence LukewiseBibliographyIndexes

This volume offers major contributions from one of today’s top Acts scholars. It treats Acts from multiple angles, showing competence in a wide array of topics. Anyone working on Acts should engage with this valuable work.

Steve Walton is professor of New Testament at Trinity College, Bristol, UK.

• AcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsPart I: Looking at ActsChapter 1: Reading Acts TheologicallyChapter 2: The Acts—of God? What is the 'Acts of the Apostles' All About?Chapter 3: Doing Theology Lukewise: Luke as Theologian and StorytellerPart II: The Believing Communities and Their WorldChapter 4: Calling the Church Names: Learning about Christian Identity from ActsChapter 5: Primitive Communism in Acts? Does Acts Present the Community of Goods (2:44-45; 4:32-35) as Mistaken?Chapter 6: A Tale of Two Perspectives? The Temple in ActsChapter 7: Deciding about Deciding: Early Christian Communal Decision-Making in ActsChapter 8: Trying Paul or Trying Rome? Judges and Accused in the Roman Trials of Paul in ActsChapter 9: What Does ‘Mission’ in Acts Mean in Relation to the ‘Powers That Be’?Part III Theological Themes in ActsChapter 10: Jesus Present and/or Absent? The Presence and Presentation of Jesus as a Character in the Book of ActsChapter 11: Identity and Christology: The Ascended Jesus in the Book of ActsChapter 12: ‘The Heavens Opened’: Cosmological and Theological Transformation in Luke and ActsChapter 13: Turning Anthropology Right Side Up: Seeing Human Life and Existence LukewiseBibliographyIndexes

This volume offers major contributions from one of today’s top Acts scholars. It treats Acts from multiple angles, showing competence in a wide array of topics. Anyone working on Acts should engage with this valuable work.

Steve Walton is professor of New Testament at Trinity College, Bristol, UK.

• AcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsPart I: Looking at ActsChapter 1: Reading Acts TheologicallyChapter 2: The Acts—of God? What is the 'Acts of the Apostles' All About?Chapter 3: Doing Theology Lukewise: Luke as Theologian and StorytellerPart II: The Believing Communities and Their WorldChapter 4: Calling the Church Names: Learning about Christian Identity from ActsChapter 5: Primitive Communism in Acts? Does Acts Present the Community of Goods (2:44-45; 4:32-35) as Mistaken?Chapter 6: A Tale of Two Perspectives? The Temple in ActsChapter 7: Deciding about Deciding: Early Christian Communal Decision-Making in ActsChapter 8: Trying Paul or Trying Rome? Judges and Accused in the Roman Trials of Paul in ActsChapter 9: What Does ‘Mission’ in Acts Mean in Relation to the ‘Powers That Be’?Part III Theological Themes in ActsChapter 10: Jesus Present and/or Absent? The Presence and Presentation of Jesus as a Character in the Book of ActsChapter 11: Identity and Christology: The Ascended Jesus in the Book of ActsChapter 12: ‘The Heavens Opened’: Cosmological and Theological Transformation in Luke and ActsChapter 13: Turning Anthropology Right Side Up: Seeing Human Life and Existence LukewiseBibliographyIndexes

This volume offers major contributions from one of today’s top Acts scholars. It treats Acts from multiple angles, showing competence in a wide array of topics. Anyone working on Acts should engage with this valuable work.