Paul and the Politics of Diaspora

2014-11-01 Religion

Author : Ronald Charles
Release : 2014-11-01
Genre : Religion
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Download or read book Paul and the Politics of Diaspora written by Ronald Charles. This book was released on 2014-11-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is a commonplace today that Paul was a Jew of the Hellenistic Diaspora, but how does that observation help us to understand his thinking, his self-identification, and his practice? Ronald Charles applies the insights of contemporary diaspora studies to address much-debated questions about Paul’s identity as a diaspora Jew, his complicated relationship with a highly symbolized “homeland,” the motives of his daily work, and the ambivalence of his rhetoric. Charles argues for understanding a number of important aspects of Paul’s identity and work, including the ways his interactions with others were conditioned, by his diaspora space, his self-understanding, and his experience “among the nations.” Diaspora space is a key concept that allows Charles to show how Paul’s travels and the collection project in particular can be read as a transcultural narrative. Understanding the dynamics of diaspora also allows Charles to bring new light to the conflict at Antioch (Galatians 1–2), Paul’s relationships with the Gentiles in Galatia, and the fraught relationship with leaders in Jerusalem.

Paul and the Politics of Diaspora

2014 History

Author : Ronald Charles
Release : 2014
Genre : History
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Download or read book Paul and the Politics of Diaspora written by Ronald Charles. This book was released on 2014. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Applies the insights of contemporary diaspora studies to address much-debated questions about Paul's identity as a diaspora Jew, his complicated relationship with a highly symbolized homeland, the motives of his daily work, and the ambivalence of his rhetoric.

Politics, Culture and the Lebanese Diaspora

2010-07-12 Social Science

Author : Nathalie Nahas
Release : 2010-07-12
Genre : Social Science
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Download or read book Politics, Culture and the Lebanese Diaspora written by Nathalie Nahas. This book was released on 2010-07-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of essays that were originally presented at a conference at the Lebanese American University in late May 2007, entitled “Politics, Culture and the Lebanese Diaspora.” It looks at various facets of the Lebanese Diaspora and examines the politics and culture of Lebanese migrants and their descendants in different parts of the world while detailing the communal, national and transnational elements of these practices and exploring the changing characteristics of politics and culture in respect to migration, Diaspora and globalization. The essays raise questions about the (in)compatible and interpenetrating relationships between these dynamics, and analyze processes of identity formation as cultural manifestations of migratory politics. The book is divided into three main sections. The first section deals with issues of identity and multiculturalism among Lebanese emigrants, concluding that identities are continuously molded and negotiated in the diaspora. It examines the formation of identities among second and third-generation migrants, and the changing conceptions of the meaning of roots and homelands. The second section deals with politics and activism in the Diaspora. It looks at how diasporas relate to the political processes in their homelands during post-conflict resolution and explores the role of Lebanese migrants abroad in the process of peace-building back home. The third part deals with the Diaspora in literature and media through the assessment of key writings on the explorations of self of the Lebanese abroad, drawing on how symbols of identification and conventions of representation become sites of conflict over time. The wide variety of perspectives presented in these papers invite us to challenge the notion of a fixed, bounded, and rigid homeland and identity, and move towards one that is more nomadic and fluid. They call us to pay attention to the symbols used in the cultural construction of both homelands and identities in the country of immigration and to think of the complex ways in which transnational politics affect the homeland and are in turn affected by it.

Paul and Diaspora Politics

2014

Author : Ronald Charles
Release : 2014
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Download or read book Paul and Diaspora Politics written by Ronald Charles. This book was released on 2014. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation explores Paul's social relationships and identities as an itinerant diaspora figure with localized communities of Christ-believers by applying some tools and insights from diaspora studies. The focus of this study is on three specific issues: (1) Paul's interactions with other Diaspora Jews, especially in the Galatians 2 incident (11-14), (2) Paul's relationship with the nations, specifically his dealings with the Galatians, and (3) Paul's collection project (mentioned in Gal 2:10, 1 Cor 16:1-4, 2 Cor 8-9, Rom 15:25-28). These specific issues serve to illustrate Paul's diasporic identities and social relations in his movements across boundaries. Paul's diaspora existence becomes sharper through the analysis of the concepts of diaspora space, relational space, `home,' ancestral `homeland,' and performance of identities. This dissertation shows the necessity of studying Paul's diaspora politics--that is the organization and messiness of social relationships--within the complexities of first century Diaspora Judaism. The diasporic space Paul occupies is very important to consider in order to understand the ways in which the apostle to the nations struggled between theological ideals and negotiating social realities with different social actors of the early Jesus movement.

A Radical Jew

1994-10-14 Religion

Author : Daniel Boyarin
Release : 1994-10-14
Genre : Religion
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Download or read book A Radical Jew written by Daniel Boyarin. This book was released on 1994-10-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daniel Boyarin turns to the Epistles of Paul as the spiritual autobiography of a first-century Jewish cultural critic. What led Paul—in his dramatic conversion to Christianity—to such a radical critique of Jewish culture? Paul's famous formulation, "There is neither Jew nor Greek, no male and female in Christ," demonstrates the genius of Christianity: its concern for all people. The genius of Judaism is its validation of genealogy and cultural, ethnic difference. But the evils of these two thought systems are the obverse of their geniuses: Christianity has threatened to coerce universality, while ethnic difference is one of the most troubled issues in modern history. Boyarin posits a "diaspora identity" as a way to negotiate the pitfalls inherent in either position. Jewishness disrupts categories of identity because it is not national, genealogical, or even religious, but all of these, in dialectical tension with one another. It is analogous with gender: gender identity makes us different in some ways but not in others. An exploration of these tensions in the Pauline corpus, argues Boyarin, will lead us to a richer appreciation of our own cultural quandaries as male and female, gay and straight, Jew and Palestinian—and as human beings.

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