Davina C. Lopez here combines attention to Roman visual and literary representations of conquered nations with a gender-critical “re-imagination” of Paul’s apostleship. The result is a new understanding of “the politics of the new creation.”
Contents
Introduction: The Problem with “the Nations”
1. The Fate of the Nations in Roman Imperial Representation
2. Destiny and the Naturalization of Conquest
3. Conversion, Call, and Consciousness
4. The Politics of the New Creation
Conclusion: Dislocating Paul’s “Universalism”