Table of Contents
Leif E. Vaage and Vincent L. WimbushIntroduction PART ONE: (ALL ABOUT) JESUS Anthony J. SaldariniAsceticism and the Gospel of Matthew Mary Ann TolbertAsceticism and Mark's Gospel Stephen J. PattersonAskesis and the Early Jewish Tradition Susan R. GarrettBeloved Physician of the Soul?: Luke as Advocate for Ascetic Practice Abraham SmithFull of Spirit and Wisdom: Luke's Portrait of Stephen (Acts 6:1-8:1a) as a Man of Self-Mastery Turid Karlsen SeimChildren of the Resurrection: Perspectives on Angelic Asceticism in Luke-Acts David RensbergerAsceticism and the Gospel of John John S. KloppenborgMaking Sense of Difference: Asceticism, Gospel Literature and the Jesus Tradition PART TWO: PAUL (THE REAL THING) Ronald F. HockGod's Will at Thessalonica and Greco-Roman Asceticism Elizabeth A. CastelliDisciples of Difference: Asceticism and History in Paul Robin ScroggsPaul the Prisoner: Political Asceticism in the Letter to the Philippians Robin ScroggsThe Letter to Philemon and Asceticism Richard ValantasisCompeting Ascetic Subjectivities in the Letter Neil ElliottAsceticism 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. MacDonaldCitizens of Heaven and Earth: Asceticism and Social Integration in Colossians and Ephesians Gail Corrington StreeteAskesis and Resistance in the Pastoral Letters Will LoveWhere Is This World Headed?: Irony, World Renunciation and the Pauline Corpus PART FOUR: UN-PAUL Pamela EisenbaumThe Virtue of Suffering, the Necessity of Discipline, and the Pursuit of Perfection in Hebrews Alicia BattenAn Asceticism of Resistance in James L. Wm. CountrymanAsceticism or Household Morality?: 1 and 2 Peter and Jude L. Wm. CountrymanAsceticism in the Johannine Letters? William KlassenThe Ascetic Way: Reflections on Peace, Justice and Vengeance in the Apocalypse of John Alison Keith and Leif E. VaageImperial Asceticism: Discipline of Domination Leif E. Vaage and Vincent L. WimbushEpilogue: The New Testament and Asceticism