PREFACE

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS VII
3. PREFACE IX
4. 1. WHY SHOULD ASIAN THEOLOGIANS READ TEXTS OF THE EARLY TEACHERS OF FAITH? 1
5. 2. PERMEATING ALL THINGS WITH DIVINITY–UNDERSTANDINGS OF JESUS IN THE SECOND CENTURY 21
6. 3. MARTYRS AND HERETICS–WOMEN IN EARLY CHRISTIAN TRADITIONS 41
7. 4. POVERTY AND PROSPERITY–LEARNING FROM THE EARLY CHURCH 61
8. 5 THE WOUNDED BODY IN EARLY CHRISTIAN THOUGHT–IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CARE OF HIV/AIDS SURVIVORS 73
9. 6. THE JOY OF ALMSGIVING–READING CYPRIAN TODAY 83
10. 7. LISTENING TO THE SPEAKING BIBLE– INTERPRETING THE USE OF THE BIBLE IN A LETTER OF CYPRIAN 99
11. 8. INTERROGATING FORGIVENESS–WHAT THE EARLY CHURCH CAN TEACH US 111
12. 9. FACING ENVY–ON BEING ACCOMPANIED BY THE PAST IN HOPING TO MOVE FORWARD 125
13. 10. ENDURING TO THE END– PERSECUTION, MARTYRDOM AND IDENTITY 141
14. 11. CONTINUALLY REACHING BACK IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD 167
15. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 177
16. INDEX 179