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Christology and Ethics in Galatians

Love and the Shared Self

Christology and Ethics in Galatians

Love and the Shared Self

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£95.00

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781009373388
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 31/01/2026
Pauline scholars have misconstrued key features of Paul's portrayal of love by arguing that Paul idealises self-sacrifice and 'altruism'. In antiquity, ideal loving behaviour was intended to construct a relationship of shared selves with shared interests; by contrast, modern ethics has rejected this notion of love and selfhood. In this study, Logan Williams explores Paul's Christology and ethics beyond the egoism-altruism dichotomy. He provides a fresh evaluation of self-giving language in Greek literature and shows that 'gave himself' is not a fixed phrase for self-sacrifice. In Galatians, for example, self-giving languages depict Jesus' love as an act of self-gifting. By re-evaluating the apostle's description of Christ's loving action, Williams demonstrates that Paul portrays Jesus' loving action as his positive participation in the condition of others. He also interrogates the ethics in Galatians and shows that Paul's love-ethics encourage the Galatians not to sacrifice themselves for others but to share themselves with others.
1. Introduction; 2. The self, the other, and the telos of prosocial action: Paul and ethicists ancient and modern; 3. The self-gift of a crucified Messiah; 4. The self-sharing Messiah; 5. Paul's incarnational ethic; 6. Conclusion.

Logan Williams (University of Exeter)