Reading Acts Theologically (Paperback)

Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Part I: Looking at Acts Chapter 1: Reading Acts Theologically Chapter 2: The Acts-of God? What is the 'Acts of the Apostles' All About? Chapter 3: Doing Theology Lukewise: Luke as Theologian and Storyteller Part II: The Believing Communities and Their World Chapter 4: Calling the Church Names: Learning about Christian Identity from Acts Chapter 5: Primitive Communism in Acts? Does Acts Present the Community of Goods (2:44-45; 4:32-35) as Mistaken? Chapter 6: A Tale of Two Perspectives? The Temple in Acts Chapter 7: Deciding about Deciding: Early Christian Communal Decision-Making in Acts Chapter 8: Trying Paul or Trying Rome? Judges and Accused in the Roman Trials of Paul in Acts Chapter 9: What Does 'Mission' in Acts Mean in Relation to the 'Powers That Be'? Part III Theological Themes in Acts Chapter 10: Jesus Present and/or Absent? The Presence and Presentation of Jesus as a Character in the Book of Acts Chapter 11: Identity and Christology: The Ascended Jesus in the Book of Acts Chapter 12: 'The Heavens Opened': Cosmological and Theological Transformation in Luke and Acts Chapter 13: Turning Anthropology Right Side Up: Seeing Human Life and Existence Lukewise Bibliography Indexes