Korinna Zamfir

Korinna Zamfir explores the manner in which the Pastoral Epistles redefine roles and ministries within a changed ecclesiological framework (the ekkl?sia as oikos Theou). The contextual investigation focuses on the cultural and social background of the station codes and church orders. Applying the environmental approach advanced by Abraham MalherbeZamfir discusses the Pastoral Epistles as writings intimately linked to their Greco-Roman social and cultural environment. The volume addresses the mentalities reflected in moral philosophies, political theories, drama and epigraphy, focusing on the discourse articulated in these sources. Exploring the adoption of conservative mentalities, the monograph advances a reading of the Pastoral Epistles based on ideology critique. It also incorporates insights gained from research on the social world of earliest Christianity, in particular on private associations.Korinna Zamfir argues that the ecclesiology of the Pastoral Epistles presupposes the metaphorical use of oikos Theou and shows that in Greco-Roman antiquity oikos denotes larger social entities like the religious association, the polisand the cosmos. The ekkl?sia is the oikos and polis of God. As a consequence the Pastoral Epistles define roles and ministries based on the public-private divide and on honor and shame mentality. The theo-logical and cosmic dimension of the »household of God«explains the essentialist understanding of social and ecclesial roles. The author also tackles the contrast between discourse and ecclesial reality.

A Contextual Approach to Roles and Ministries in the Pastoral Epistles

Men and Women in the Household of God

Joseph Verheyden

Tobias Nicklas

Jozef Verheyden

Papers based on a conference held October 2006, Babeðs-Bolyai University in Cluj.

Prophets and Prophecy in Jewish and Early Christian Literature

Zamfir Korinna könyve alapvető és eligazító a keresztény egyházak múltjának és kapcsolatának megismerésében, mivel magyar nyelven ilyen összegző és egyben kitekintő mű eddig nem született. A széleskörű ismeretet és az események és dokumentumok értékelését sem nélkülöző kötet párbeszédre serkent, és előmozdíthatja egymás kölcsönös és teljesebb elfogadását. Dr. Kránitz Mihály egyetemi tanár Pázmány Péter Katolikus Egyetem

A katolikus-protestáns egyháztani párbeszéd eredményei

As environmental destruction begins to seriously affect humans, it has become increasingly relevant to reflect on the essential elements of the Jewish and Christian theologies of creation. The essays in this volume explore key aspects of creation theology, which poses the question of the origin of the world and of man. Creation theology is rooted in the concept of man who owes his existence to God and who is placed in a cosmos which God created as “good”. At the same time, the essays show that even back in antiquity, the creation discussion held high potential for ideological criticism.

Korinna Zamfir

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