Sewanee School of Theology Lunch and Learn Series

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Throughout the academic year, the Sewanee School of Theology hosts a series of lunch and learn webinars led by faculty. The sessions are held at noon Central Time (1 p.m. EST) and are free and open to all.

Paul’s Anxious Letter to Rome
Dr. Paul Holloway, university professor of Classics and Ancient Christianity

Paul wrote his now famous letter to Rome in Corinth in the wake of a sustained and brutal challenge to his continuing authority in the Corinthian assembly. This challenge was not based on a theological disagreement—as it would be in Galatia—but on the question of status: the Corinthians were Paul’s social and cultural betters. Paul worried that he would face a similar and even more robust challenge in Rome, an anxiety that materially shaped what was to be his magnum opus.

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