New Testament theology : communion and community - Esler, Philip Francis (Minneapolis : Fortress Press, 2005)
Introduction: The New Testament and contemporary Christianity -- The New Testament, history, and theology : the state of the debate -- Persons in communion : a socio-theological model -- Knowing and understanding the message of our ancestors in the faith -- The place of New Testament authors in interpretation -- Inter-personal understanding and the spoken word in Schleiermacher's hermeneutics -- Face-to-face communion between New Testament Christ-followers : 1 Corinthians 10-14 as a test case -- New Testament Christ-followers and the effects of writing -- Communion with the saints : origins and development -- Communion with the saints : modeling the naturalistic possibilities -- Communion with the saints in the fullest sense -- The canon and interpersonal communion -- History, hermeneutics, and communion : Romans.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-334) and indexes.
Keywords: Bible -- Theology; Bible. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Bible; Bible; Community -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Communaut. -- Christianisme