The Lion Against the Eagle: A Critical Appraisal of the Anti-Imperial Reading of Paul

Marcin Kowalski

doi:10.21697/ct.2023.93.2.03

Data publikacji : 2023-05-24

Tom 93 Nr 2 (2023)

The Lion Against the Eagle: A Critical Appraisal of the Anti-Imperial Reading of Paul

Marcin Kowalski

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8732-6868

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21697/ct.2023.93.2.03

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Artykuł stanowi syntetyczną analizę krytyki imperialnej w listach św. Pawła. Autor rozpoczyna od ukazania wszechobecności i charakteru kultu imperialnego w czasach apostoła. Następnie naświetla miejsca w listach św. Pawła, które zazwyczaj wiąże się z antyimperialną retoryką Pawła. W kolejnej części poddaje krytyce argumenty wysuwane za obecnością skryptu antyimperialnego we wskazanych listach. W konkluzjach autor krytycznie odnosi się do metodologii i przesłanek krytyki imperialnej, która zasadniczo lekceważy kontekst argumentacyjny Pawła, odwołuje się do problematycznego „ukrytego zapisu” i bywa mocno zideologizowana. Według autora apostoł nie walczy z Imperium, akceptując jego instytucje i porządek społeczny oraz próbując je zmieniać od środka. Choć Paweł świadomie nie operuje skryptem anty-imperialnym, Dobra Nowina i zakładane przez niego wspólnoty posiadają jednak anty-imperialny potencjał. To sprawia, że autor ostatecznie opowiada się za ostrożnym zastosowaniem krytyki imperialnej, która może służyć lepszemu zrozumieniu tła kulturowego Nowego Testamentu i przesłania listów św. Pawła.

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listy Pawła, krytyka imperialna, kult imperialny, antyimperialna retoryka Pawła, ukryty zapis

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Marcin Kowalski, „Wiedza wbija w pychę, miłość zaś buduje” (1Kor 8,1b). Pawłowa reguła życia wspólnoty według 1Kor 8,1 – 11,1 , Collectanea Theologica: Tom 85 Nr 2 (2015)

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Kowalski, M. (2023). The Lion Against the Eagle: A Critical Appraisal of the Anti-Imperial Reading of Paul. Collectanea Theologica, 93(2), 57–103. https://doi.org/10.21697/ct.2023.93.2.03

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