Heroes at Home: Identity, Ethos, and Ethics in 1 Timothy within the context of the Pastoral Epistles

Chapters in this book

1. i-iv i
2. Preface v
3. Contents xi
4. Chapter One: Introduction
5. Mapping the Field: Approaches to New Testament Ethics 3
6. Chapter Two: The Gospels and Acts
7. The challenge of overflowing righteousness: to learn to live the story of the gospel of Matthew 23
8. Identity and rules of conduct in Mark. Following the suffering, expecting the coming Son of Man 49
9. Compassionate action: living according to Luke's gospel 77
10. Radical social redefinition and radical love: Ethics and ethos in the Gospel according to John 107
11. Driven by conviction and attitude! Ethics in the Acts of the Apostles 135
12. Chapter Three: Pauline Letters
13. Shaping a Christian lifestyle in the Roman capital 167
14. ‘Let no one seek his own, but each one the other's’ (1 Corinthians 10, 24): Pauline ethics according to 1 Corinthians 199
15. Ethos and ethics in 2 Corinthians: Paul's higher ethical reasoning in preparation for his third visit to a congregation that were about to become his enemies 219
16. Liberty – love – the Spirit: Ethics and ethos according to the Letter to the Galatians 241
17. Unity of love in the body of Christ: Identity ethics and ethos in Ephesians 257
18. ‘... as citizens of heaven live in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ...’ 289
19. Do everything in the name of the Lord: Ethics and ethos in Colossians 303
20. ‘A Life Worthy of God’ Identity and Ethics in The Thessalonian Correspondence 335
21. Heroes at Home: Identity, Ethos, and Ethics in 1 Timothy within the context of the Pastoral Epistles 357
22. How Christians can survive in a hostile social-economic environment: Paul's mind concerning difficult social conditions in the Letter to Philemon 387
23. Chapter Four: General Epistles, Hebrews and Revelation
24. Moving in and moving out: Ethics and ethos in Hebrews 417
25. The letter of James: Its vision, ethics, and ethos 445
26. A code of conduct for children of God who suffer unjustly. Identity, Ethics and Ethos in 1 Peter 473
27. Faithful Christian living amidst scoffers of the Judgment Day: Ethics and ethos in Jude and 2 Peter 511
28. ‘A matter of having fellowship’: Ethics in the Johannine epistles 535
29. The ethical response of an alternative community in a critical situation: marturia and martyrdom in the Apocalypse of John 565
30. Chapter Five: 2 Clement
31. The Motivations of Ethos in 2 Clement 597
32. Summary
33. Again: Identity, ethics, and ethos in the New Testament. A few tentative remarks 611
34. List of Contributors 633
35. Index of Modern Authors 637