Author: Garry Wills
Translator: Chang-Rak Kim
Publisher: Dodeulsaegim
280 pages | 223*152mm
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About This Book
A brilliant synthesis of the Apostle Paul's thought and influence, written by
a "foremost Catholic intellectual" (Chicago Tribune)
All through history, Christians have debated Paul's influence on the church.
Though revered, Paul has also been a stone on which many stumble. Apocryphal
writings by Peter and James charge Paul, in the second century, with being a
tool of Satan. In later centuries Paul became a target of ridicule for writers
such as Thomas Jefferson ("the first corruptor"), George Bernard Shaw ("a
monstrous imposition"), and Nietzsche ("the Dysangelist"). However, as Garry
Wills argues eloquently in this masterly analysis, what Paul meant was not
something contrary to what Jesus meant. Rather, the best way to know Jesus is to
discover Paul. Unlike the Gospel writers, who carefully shaped their narratives
many decades after Jesus's life, Paul wrote in the heat of the moment, managing
controversy, and sometimes contradicting himself, but at the same time offering
the best reflection of those early times.
What Paul Meant is a stellar interpretation of Paul's writing, examining his
tremendous influence on the first explosion of Christian belief and chronicling
the controversy surrounding Paul through the centuries. Wills's many readers and
those interested in the Christian tradition will warmly welcome this penetrating
discussion of perhaps the most fascinating church father.
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