Asceticism and the New Testament

Leif E. Vaage and Vincent L. Wimbush--Introduction PART ONE: (ALL ABOUT) JESUS Anthony J. Saldarini--Asceticism and the Gospel of Matthew Mary Ann Tolbert--Asceticism and Mark's Gospel Stephen J. Patterson--Askesis and the Early Jewish Tradition Susan R. Garrett--Beloved Physician of the Soul?: Luke as Advocate for Ascetic Practice Abraham Smith--Full of Spirit and Wisdom: Luke's Portrait of Stephen (Acts 6:1-8:1a) as a Man of Self-Mastery Turid Karlsen Seim--Children of the Resurrection: Perspectives on Angelic Asceticism in Luke-Acts David Rensberger--Asceticism and the Gospel of John John S. Kloppenborg--Making Sense of Difference: Asceticism, Gospel Literature and the Jesus Tradition PART TWO: PAUL (THE REAL THING) Ronald F. Hock--God's Will at Thessalonica and Greco-Roman Asceticism Elizabeth A. Castelli--Disciples of Difference: Asceticism and History in Paul Robin Scroggs--Paul the Prisoner: Political Asceticism in the Letter to the Philippians Robin Scroggs--The Letter to Philemon and Asceticism Richard Valantasis--Competing Ascetic Subjectivities in the Letter Neil Elliott--Asceticism Among the Weak and Strong in Romans 14-15 PART THREE: IMITATIO PAULI Jennifer Wright Knust-- 2 Thessalonians and the Discipline of Work Margaret Y. MacDonald--Citizens of Heaven and Earth: Asceticism and Social Integration in Colossians and Ephesians Gail Corrington Streete--Askesis and Resistance in the Pastoral Letters Will Love--Where Is This World Headed?: Irony, World Renunciation and the Pauline Corpus PART FOUR: UN-PAUL Pamela Eisenbaum--The Virtue of Suffering, the Necessity of Discipline, and the Pursuit of Perfection in Hebrews Alicia Batten--An Asceticism of Resistance in James L. Wm. Countryman--Asceticism or Household Morality?: 1 and 2 Peter and Jude L. Wm. Countryman--Asceticism in the Johannine Letters? William Klassen--The Ascetic Way: Reflections on Peace, Justice and Vengeance in the Apocalypse of John Alison Keith and Leif E. Vaage--Imperial Asceticism: Discipline of Domination Leif E. Vaage and Vincent L. Wimbush--Epilogue: The New Testament and Asceticism