PAUL - A Radical Jew: A Course for the Year of Saint Paul

After doing a Lenten Study of Jesus, one might wonder what next? To which the only logical explanation is to Paul. This year marks a special 2000th anniversary of the saint birth and is being called the Year of Saint Paul, celebrating a special jubilee dedicated to him. Within the study of Paul, over the last three decades a revolutionary shift in scholarly thinking, especially amongst Protestant scholars, has been rocking the academic Christian world. Since the Reformation, studies in Pauline writings and theology have been heavily influenced by old Lutheran and Reformed views that portray the Judaism of Pauls day with the same negative attributes to that of 16th century Roman Catholicism. Led by E.P. Sanders, James D.G. Dunn, Bishop N.T. Wright, and others, a new perspective has been attempting to lift Pauls life and letters out of this old framework and interpret them based on an understanding of 1st century Judaism. Across the coming weeks, led by theological student Daniel N. Gullotta, scholars and students will be teaching at Saint Francis Nundah in order to help laypeople and clergy better understand the world, words, and works of this Radical Jew. The course will examine the historical events and cultural backgrounds that shaped the earliest days of the Jesus Movement, study the figures that made up the movement, as well as unity, conflict and diversity within the movement, and observe the theology of Paul with the help of the understanding given by the New Perspective on Paul. A Radical Jew promises to help people better understand Paul and the early church, attempt to build more common ground between Catholics and Protestants, improve the dialogue and understandings between Jews and Christians, and flesh out theological and historical meanings that matter just as much as they did then as they do now.

Saint Francis Anglican Nundah Parish
Corner of Cavendish St. and Cameron St., Nundah
THURSDAYS: 11:00am & 7:00pm

Week One: 21st May
Putting Paul into Perspective
An Introduction to the New Perspective on Paul

Week Two: 28th May
Creator, Creation, Covenant, & Christ
The Political, Religious, Cultural and Historical Background of Earliest Christianity

Week Three: 4th June
Hellenists & Hebrews
Dr. Ian J. Elmer
(ACU National - St. Pauls Theological College) 7:00pm SESSION ONLY
Unity, Disunity, and Conflict with the Early Church and understanding the Galatian Crisis

Week Four: 11th June
One God, One Lord, One People
Understanding Justification by Faith within Gods Plan and Pauls Vision

Week Five: 18th June
Christ Crucified
Sarah L. Cook
(ACU National Bach. Theology, Honours Student)
Paul's Understandings of Christ's Death and Resurrection and its Implications

Week Six: 25th June
Paul on the Parousia
Pauls Ideas, Understangs, Beliefs, and Hopes about the Second Coming of Christ

Week Seven: 2nd July
The Purest Gospel
An indepth study and workshop of Pauls Letter to the Romans through the studies of N.T. Wright

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[dewsy89]

very inspirational. thankyou for your guidance.