Pauline Theology

Call For Papers: The Pauline Theology Unit invites paper proposals for sessions exploring questions related to both (1) the interpretation of Pauline ethics and (2) the ethics of Pauline interpretation. On the one hand, papers might examine key and contested themes in Paul’s own moral teaching, the theological dimensions of Paul’s understanding of ethical agency and moral acts, the ethical valences or entailments of Pauline anthropology, ecclesiology, or other prominent theological themes, or draw discrete aspects of Paul’s ethics into conversation with other perspectives in moral theology, ancient or modern. On the other hand, papers might explore pressing moral questions which attend the production, reading and interpretation of Paul’s letters and/or the reception of their theology: What moral challenges attend the interpretation of Paul’s theology? Are there aspects of Paul’s legacy which are—or ought to be—morally impossible for us? What ethical considerations accompany the historical and doctrinal dimensions of attempts to ‘do justice to Paul’ as readers? The committee welcomes proposals which engage the long history of the reception of Paul’s letters and their theology as well as those which concentrate upon the more immediate horizon of contemporary scholarship, both historical and theological.

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