Paul's Idea of Community: The Early House Churches in their Cultural Setting • Revised Edition

Robert Banks

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Robert Bank's widely read Paul's Idea of Community: The Early House Churches in their Cultural Setting is once again available to lay people, pastors, and scholars alike. In this extensively revised edition Banks has rewritten chapters for clarity, taken into account recent scholarship on Paul's writings, updated and expanded he bibliography, and added an index. The new edition retains, however, all the freshness and vitality of the original.

"The book draws fully upon the wealth of recent scholarly analysis of the New Testament churches, but in such a skilled way that the picture is not buried in learning, but brought to life for present-day readers. . . . People will be startled to find how much of modern church life has departed form the New Testament spirit. And yet the modern communities still possess in the New Testament, as illuminated through a book like this, the sources from which church life can be reawakened to the community consequences of accepting the Pauline gospel."

—Edwin A. Judge, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

"It is good news that Robert Banks's Paul's Idea of Community is once more available, now in a thoroughly revised, expanded edition. Convinced that Paul's distinctive contribution to Christianity is his idea of community, Banks demonstrates how this notion informs Paul's instruction to his churches. . . . [I]t is striking how naturally discussions of such topics as Paul's teaching on freedom and on eschatology fall within the purview of this stimulating book."

—Abraham J. Malherbe, Yale University

Robert Banks is director and dean of Macquarie Christian Studies Institute in Sydney, Australia. Formerly he served as executive director of the De Pree Leadership Center and Homer L. Goddard Professor of the Ministry of the Laity, both at Fuller Theological Seminary. He has been an international leader in house church ministry and served as coordinator of the City of Angels Film Festival (Los Angeles). His books include Paul's Idea of Community and Redeeming the Routines.

Abbreviations Preface to the Original Edition A Note on the Second Edition Introduction 1 The Social and Religious Setting 2 The Arrival of Radical Freedom 3 Church as Household Gathering 4 Church as Heavenly Reality 5 The Community as a Loving Family 6 The Community as a Functional Body 7 Intellectual Elements in Growth 8 Physical Expressions of Fellowship 9 Gifts and Ministry 10 Charisma and Order 11 Unity in Diversity among the Members 12 The Contribution of Women in Church 13 Participation and Its Responsibilities 14 Service and Its Recognition 15 Paul and His Co-Workers 16 The Mission and the Churches 17 The Nature of Paul's Authority 18 The Exercise of Paul's Authority Conclusion Appendix: The Drift of the Pastorals Bibliography Glossary Index of Ancient Sources 10. OPPOSITION AND OPPONENTS 11. THE DEATH OF JESUS 12. CONCLUSION

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