St. Paul among the Philosophers

In his epistles, St. Paul sounded a universalism that has recently been
taken up by secular philosophers who do not share his belief in Christ, but who
regard his project as centrally important for contemporary political life. The
Pauline project -- as they see it -- is the universality of truth, the conviction
that what is true is true for everyone, and that the truth should be known by
everyone. In this volume, eminent New Testament scholars, historians, and
philosophers debate whether Paul's promise can be fulfilled. Is the proper work of
reading Paul to reconstruct what he said to his audiences? Is it crucial to retrieve
the sense of history from the text? What are the philosophical undercurrents of
Paul's message? This scholarly dialogue ushers in a new generation of Pauline
studies.