Readings in Romans

Part 1 Proclamation, Power, and Praise1 "To Preach the Gospel": Romans 1:15 and the Purposes of Romans2 The "Glory of God" in Paul’s Letter to the Romans3 Power and Kenosis in Paul’s Letter to the Romans4 From Toxic Speech to the Redemption of Doxology in Paul’s Letter to the RomansPart 2 The Human, the Cosmos, and the Powers5 The Shape of the "I": The Psalter, the Gospel, and the Speaker in Romans 76 Neither Height nor Depth: Discerning the Cosmology of Romans7 Interpreting the Death of Jesus ApocalypticallyPart 3 God, Israel, and the Gentiles8 On the Calling­-into-­Being of Israel: Romans 9:6-299 Thinking from Christ to Israel: Romans 9-11 in Apocalyptic Context10 Questions about Nomos, Answers about Christos: Romans 10:4 in Context11 Who Is "Israel" in Romans 9:30-10:21?: A Neglected QuestionPart 4 Romans in Conversation12 Where Is the "God of Israel" in Paul’s Reading of the Gospel?13 Reading Romans on the Brink: The Continuing Challenge of Barth’s Römerbrief14 "That Grace Should Come into Its Own": Romans 12:1-8 in and with Karl Barth’s Römerbrief15 Which Humans? What Response?: A Reflection on Pauline Theology16 Reading Romans 13 with Simone Weil: Toward a More Generous Hermeneutic17 Reading for the Subject: The Paradox of Power in Romans 14:1-15:6Part 5 Divine Power and Its Consequences18 Freedom in Apocalyptic Perspective: A Reflection on Paul’s Letter to the Romans19 The Rhetoric of Violence and the God of Peace in Paul’s Letter to the Romans20 Places of Power in Paul’s Letter to the Romans