| dc.contributor.author | Mtukwa, Gift | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-11-02T09:15:30Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-11-02T09:15:30Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Mtukwa, G. (2021). Work and community in the Thessalonian correspondence: An African communal reading of Paul's work exhortations. Langham Monographs. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://books.langham.org/product/work-and-community-in-the-thessalonian-correspondence/ | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.anu.ac.ke/handle/123456789/1300 | |
| dc.description | In this important study, Dr. Gift Mtukwa investigates the relationship between work and community in Paul’s letters to the Thessalonians. Utilizing an African biblical hermeneutic, he provides a theology of work that takes seriously the communal nature of Paul’s context and its parallels with a traditional African worldview. He combines cultural and historical insight with biblical analysis to demonstrate that work has a critical role to play in community formation. It is neither a burden nor an individual pursuit but a purposeful communal activity done to benefit self and neighbor.
This fresh look at Paul’s work exhortations from a contextualized African perspective offers a powerful reminder that work – like all human endeavors – should have the glory of God and love of others as its goal. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Langham Publishing | en_US |
| dc.subject | Pauline theology | en_US |
| dc.subject | Thessalonian correspondence | en_US |
| dc.subject | Apostle Paul | en_US |
| dc.subject | Work and labour | en_US |
| dc.subject | African communal theology | en_US |
| dc.subject | Pauline exhortations | en_US |
| dc.subject | New Testament studies | en_US |
| dc.subject | Christian work ethic | en_US |
| dc.subject | Christian community | en_US |
| dc.subject | African biblical interpretation | en_US |
| dc.title | Work and Community in the Thessalonian Correspondence: An African Communal Reading of Paul's Work Exhortations | en_US |
| dc.type | Book | en_US |
