Paul and Death: A Question of Psychological Coping

ISBN-13: 9780367885212 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 212 str.

Linda Joelsson

Opis

Paul and Death uses the method of psychological exegesis to show that the differing attitudes toward death in Paul’s letters make for a much more coherent discourse if they are seen as an aid to individual and collective psychological coping. Taking the differences between each of Paul’s letters as its starting point, this study suggests

Spis treści

1. Paul and Death: A Question of Psychological Coping

2. Coping with Death in Paul’s Early Letters

3. The Corinthian Correspondence

4. Romans

5. The Prison Letters

6. Conclusions and Prospects for Further Research

O autorze

Linda Joelsson successfully defended her thesis in New Testament Exegesis at Åbo Akademi University in April 2015, with a specialization in Paul and psychological perspectives. She holds a position as senior pastor at Mikaelikyrkan in Stockholm and she teaches in New Testament theology, pedagogy, and cross-disciplinary studies in religion and health at Ersta-Sköndal University, Stockholm. She is the chair of the section Psychological Hermeneutics for Biblical Themes and Texts in Society of the Biblical Literature’s International Meetings and has contributed frequently to national and international scholarly meetings and in various educational settings. Joelsson has previously worked in psychiatric health care and with support for refugees in Värmdö and in Botkyrka.