Worth More than Many Sparrows - Essays in Honour of Willi Braun - Sarah E. Rollens
Authority and Canon: I Fight Authority, but does Authority Always Win?
Worth More than Many Sparrows - Essays in Honour of Willi Braun - Sarah E. Rollens
Patrick Hart [+]
University of Alberta
Patrick Hart is a lecturer in the areas of religious studies and law at the University of Alberta. He completed his PhD in religious studies at the University of Alberta in 2018. His first book, A Prolegomenon to the Study of Paul, was published in 2020, and his articles have been published in journals such as Religion and Theology, Method and Theory in the Study of Religion, and The Queen's Law Journal.
Description
This essay focusses on the topic of canonical, and more specifically Pauline authority. After addressing the historical use and development of the term “canon,” and through consideration of Paul’s own struggles with authority vis-à-vis some of his ekklēsiai, it is argued that the concept of canonical authority is both nuanced and even paradoxical.