Community and Gospel in Luke-Acts <subTitle>The social and political motivations of Lucan theology</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Esler, Philip Francis</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">3:4</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Cambridge University Press</publisher> <dateIssued>1989</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>270tr.</extent> <extent>Paperback</extent> <extent>23 cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>Professor Esler makes extensive use of sociology and anthropology to examine the author of Luke-Acts' theology as a response to social and political pressures on the Christian community for whom he was writing. Various themes such as table-fellowship, the law, the temple, poverty and riches, and politics are examined to determine how they have been influenced by the social and political background of Luke's audience. This book offers a New Testament paradigm and warrant for those interested in generating a theology attuned to the social and political realities affecting contemporary Christian congregations.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Philip Francis Esler</note> <subject> <topic>Bible -- Luke -- Criticism, interpretation, etc</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Bible -- Acts</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc -- History -- Early church, ca 30-600</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">226.4067</classification> <classification authority="ddc">P549-E76</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780521388733, 0521388732</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/11055/community.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/11055/community.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordContentSource authority="marcorg"/> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2023-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119070953.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>