Pauline theology : ministry and society /
E. Earle Ellis.
- Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, �1997.
- xv, 182 pages ; 22 cm
A revision and expansion of lectures delivered in the United States, England, South Africa, and Ciskei. Originally published: Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub., �1989.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Ministry for the comming age -- Ministry as a manifestation of the Kingdom of God -- Ministry as an activity in the Body of Christ -- Ministry and the secular world -- The Spirit and the Gifts : The Spirit's new role -- Four functions of the Holy Spirit -- The Nature of the Gifts of the Spirit -- The Gifts and the Body of Christ -- The Gifts and the Fruit of the Spirit -- Paul and the Eschatological Woman : Ministry and Church order : Charism and office -- Ordered ministries in Paul's churches -- Church order in the Pastoral Epistles -- The Regulation of worship -- Implications for the Church today -- Pauline Christianity and the World Order : The Social place of the Church in the Roman world -- Paul's ministry and the Greco-Roman society.