The author focuses on Paul's new creation's cosmic and ecclesiastical nature by offering the ekklesia as a tangible embodiment of God's eschatological reign. Paul as a middleman fulfills the collective project of the Jerusalem collection to manifest God's alternative economy against the exploitative system of the Roman Empire.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Chapter One: Methodology: Inter(con)textual Dialogue
Chapter Two: Life Context for Reading: The Situations of Korean Immigrants in The United States
Chapter Three: (New) Creation in Romans 8 and 2 Corinthians 5
Chapter Four: New Creation in Galatians
Chapter Five: New Creation and Power Dynamics
Chapter Six: New Creation and God's New Economy
Conclusion