Unity and Diversity in Christ

William S. Campbell is Reader in Biblical Studies at the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David.

• Abbreviations1 Trajectories of Conversations with Paul and Others2 The Contribution of Traditions to Paul's Theology (1993)The Need for a Framework of InterpretationThe Cultural Context that Informed Paul's ExperienceThe Influence of Scriptural Interpretation in the Formulation of Paul's Theological StatementsThe Interaction between Scriptural Interpretation and Events of Everyday LifeNew and Old in Paul's TheologyThe Shape of Paul's TheologyConclusion3 The Rule of Faith in Romans 12:1-15:13 (1995)Introduction: Interpretive Tendencies in the Understanding of the LetterThe Diatribe Style as an Indirect Witness to What Paul is Not SayingThe Situation of Paul's Addressees in Romans 12-15Political FactorsTheological FactorsSocial Factors: The Weak and the Strong in First-Century Roman SocietyThe Identity of the Weak and the Strong in Romans 14-15The Rule of Faith: Norms for the Believing CommunityThe Failure of the Romans to Accept One Another: Boasting in Distinction and Ignoring Common Allegiance to ChristConclusion: Paul's Theology of Faith in Romans4 Divergent Images of Paul and His Mission (2000)Examples from the Reception of Romans in the Twentieth CenturyPaul, Champion of the Gentiles: The Partisan PaulContinuity Between Romans 3-4 and Romans 9-11Romans 9 and the "Surprise" Ending to Romans 11Recontextualizing Paul's Statements in Romans 9Divergent Understandings of the Significance of Paul's Gentile Mission as a Factor in the Roman ContextThe Inclusive Paul: The Purpose of God for Jews and also for Gentiles5 "All God's Beloved in Rome!": Jewish Roots and Christian Identity (2004)Structure and Content in Romans 8:14-11:36Jewish versus Christian Identity?Christian Identity and Negative Self-DesignationDiversity in Christian Identity6 "As Having and as Not Having": Paul, Circumcision, and Indifferent Things in 1 Corinthians 7:17-32a (2006/7)IntroductionTransformation in ChristThe Process: The Interaction between Continuity and Transformation Resocialization and Reversal of ValuesCircumcision, Transformation, and Christ-Identity7 Unity and Diversity in the Church: Transformed Identities and the Peace of Christ in Ephesians (2008)IntroductionUnity is Both a Cause for Celebration and a Process to Be Worked AtThe New Anthropos is Not a "Third Entity"Ephesians Constructs an Alternative Society in Implicit Contrast with Roman Imperialistic ClaimsThe Reconciliation Advocated Involves Diverse Communities of Christ-FollowersBeing in Christ and Israelite Identity are Interdependent in EphesiansConclusion8 The Addressees of Paul's Letter to the Romans: Assemblies of God in House Churches and Synagogues (2010)Introductory IssuesHistorical Issues and Possible Inferences Arising from TheseInterpretative FactorsThe Approach Adopted in this StudyEvidence Concerning the Historical Context Prior to Paul's Writing to the RomansThe Evidence from the Letter Concerning Those Whom Paul AddressesEvidence Concerning the Addressees within Romans 9-11The Weak and the Strong in Romans 14:1-15:13The Collection and the Jerusalem Aspect of RomansConclusion9 "Let us Maintain Peace" (Rom 5:2): Reconciliation and Social Responsibility (2011)Introduction: Why Focus on Reconciliation in PaulThe Source of Paul's Imagery of ReconciliationLocating Reconciliation Language within the Structure of RomansInter-Group Conflict among the Roman Christ-FollowersReconciliation in PracticeReconciliation and Paul's Purpose in RomansConclusion: The Pursuit of Peace10 Universality and Particularity in Paul's Understanding and Strategy of Mission (2011)IntroductionCommonality in Paul's TeachingCommon Content across Paul's LettersImitation in PaulCommon Destiny-Conformity with the Image of ChristBeing Linked with Christ for Paul Means Being Inducted into a Jewish Symbolic UniverseUniversality and Particularity in First-Century JudaismPhiloPhilo and Paul: Commonality and DifferenceThe Contextuality of Paul's Universal Mission-Recognizing the LimitsConclusion11 "I Rate All Things as Loss": Paul's Puzzling Accounting System: Judaism as Loss or the Re-evaluation of All Things in Christ? (2012)Introduction"Remain as you were when called": Reading 1 Corinthians 7:20 in ContextCircumcision and Glorying in the Flesh (Gal 6:11-16)"I rate all things as loss": Philippians 3:8Re-evaluating All Things in Christ: The Rhetoric of Pauline ComparisonsThe Re-evaluation of All Things in Christ: A New Paradigm for Pauline Studies?BibliographyIndex of Scriptural PassagesIndex of Modern Authors

Campbell has led the challenge to traditional approaches on a number of topics arising in Romans and throughout the Pauline corpus. Anyone interested in Paul's Jewish roots, diversity within the Christ movement, and the formation of identity in the Pauline communities will be richly rewarded for making Campbell a conversation partner. His style is clear and readable, informed by the most recent research, and always thought-provoking.