Sensitivity towards Outsiders

Damit die junge Bewegung der Anhängerinnen und Anhänger Jesu von Nazaret, die später als »Christentum« bekannt wurde, überleben konnte, war es für sie von höchster Notwendigkeit, Techniken sozialer wie auch theologisch begründeter Abgrenzung gegenüber anderen Gruppen aufzubauen und zu verteidigen. Diese Techniken änderten sich im Verlauf des Prozesses, in dem sich das Christentum von einer Gruppe meist neu Bekehrter zu einer Bewegung entwickelte, die bereits auf überlieferte Traditionen zurückblicken konnte. Im vorliegenden Band nimmt eine international zusammengesetzte Expertengruppe die Frage in den Blick, wie sich dabei das Verhältnis der jungen Bewegung gegenüber Außenstehenden entwickelte. Im Focus steht dabei auf das dynamische Zueinander von Fragen der Mission und der Ethik in Texten des frühen Christentums bis hinein ins 2. Jahrhundert unserer Zeitrechnung. Table of Contents:
Jacobus Kok/Dieter T. Roth: Sensitivity towards Outsiders and the Dynamic Relationship between Mission and Ethics/Ethos
I. Sensitivity towards Outsiders in Philo and the Old Testament
Erhard S. Gerstenberger: Sensitivity towards Outsiders in Old Testament Theologies - Dirk J. Human: Sensitivity towards Outsiders in Late Second Temple Judaism and its Relation to the New Testament - Gert J. Steyn: Some Observations on Philo of Alexandria's Sensitivity to Strangers
II: Sensitivity towards Outsiders, Mission, and Ethics in the New Testament
Dieter T. Roth: Missionary Ethics in Q 10:2-12 - Ernest van Eck: Mission, Identity, and Ethics in Mark: Jesus, the Patron for the Outsiders - Andries G. van Aarde: Righteousness: Paul and Matthew - Heike Omerzu: Exploring the Dynamic Relationship between Mission and Ethics in Luke-Acts - Andreas J. Köstenberger: Sensitivity to Outsiders in John's Gospel and Letters and its Implication for the Understanding of Early Christian - Abraham J. Malherbe: Ethics in Context: The Thessalonians and Their Neighbors - Bert-Jan Lietaert Peerbolte: Morality and Boundaries in Paul - Jeremy Punt: Mission, Ethics, and Outsiders/Insiders in Galatians - John Anthony Dunne: Cast Out the Aggressive Agitators (Gl 4:29-30): Suffering, Identity, and the Ethics of Expulsion in Paul's Mission to the Galatians - Ruben Zimmermann: Mission versus Ethics in 1 Corinthians 9? 'Implicit Ethics' as an Aid in Analysing New Testament Texts - Volker Rabens: Inclusion of and Demarcation from 'Outsiders': Mission and Ethics in Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians - Tobias Nicklas/Herbert Schlögel: Mission to the Gentiles, Construction of Christian Identity, and its Relation to Ethics according to Paul - Andrie du Toit: Sensitivity towards the Reaction of Outsiders as Ethical Motivation in Early Christian Paraenesis - David Moffitt: Perseverance, Purity, and Identity: Exploring Hebrews' Eschatological Worldview, Ethics, and In-Group Bias - Stephan Joubert: Homo reciprocus No More: The 'Missional' Nature of Faith in James - Christopher Rowland: The Apocalypse: Sensitivity and Outsiders
III. Sensitivity towards Outsiders, Mission, and Ethics in the Early Church
Chris L. De Wet: Missionality, Religious Identity, and Power in 1 Clement - Chris L. De Wet: 'No Small Counsel about Self-Control': Enkrateia and the Virtuous Body as Missional Performance in 2 Clement - Jonathan A. Draper: Mission, Ethics, and Identity in the Didache - Tobias Nicklas: Epistula ad Diognetum (Diognetus): The Christian 'New Genos' and its Construction of the Others - Paul Foster: Mission and Ethics in the Writings of Ignatius of Antioch - Candida R. Moss: Sensitivity to Insiders and Outsiders in the Acts of the Martyrs - Chris L. De Wet: John Chrysostom and the Mission to the Goths: Rhetorical and Ethical Perspectives
IV. Contemporary Implications
Christopher M. Hays: Provision for the Poor and the Mission of the Church: Ancient Appeals and Contemporary Viability - Nelus Niemandt: Trends in Missional Ecclesiology - Johann-AlbrechtMeylahn: Responsibility, God, and Society: The Cry of the Other in the Sacred Texts as a Challenge towards Responsible Global Citizenship