Does the Gospel Require Self-Sacrifice? Paul and the Reconfiguration of the Self
(2022)
Journal Article
Barclay, J. M. (2023). Does the Gospel Require Self-Sacrifice? Paul and the Reconfiguration of the Self. Studies in Christian Ethics, 36(1), 3-19. https://doi.org/10.1177/09539468221132095
Some modern Christian notions of ‘self-sacrifice’ and ‘cruciformity’ abstract an ethic of self-negation from its larger theological and teleological frame. A distinctively modern and Western trajectory has shaped an ‘exclusive altruism’ where the int... Read More about Does the Gospel Require Self-Sacrifice? Paul and the Reconfiguration of the Self.