Romans, Reconciliation, and Role-Playing in Mozambique: Benefiting from the 'New Perspective on Paul

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Alan Howell, Harding UniversityFollow

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Article

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Missio Dei: A Journal of Missional Theology and Praxis

Publication Date

Winter 2018

Volume

9

Issue

1

Abstract

The “New Perspective on Paul” has shaped the author’s teaching of the book of Romans in Mozambique. Role-playing the background of the letter and using an important play on words in the Makua-Metto language helps present the historical and religious issues involved. This sets up a more comprehensive reading of Romans which, instead of focusing on individual justification, serves to find important points of contact and relevance for the church in Mozambique at congregational, civic, and cosmic levels.

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Howell, A. (2018). Romans, Reconciliation, and Role-Playing in Mozambique: Benefiting from the 'New Perspective on Paul. Missio Dei: A Journal of Missional Theology and Praxis, 9 (1). Retrieved from https://scholarworks.harding.edu/bible-facpub/7