Worship and the Risen Jesus in the Pauline Letters

Costa examines Christian worship within the letters of Paul and its relation to the risen Jesus, and investigates whether the risen Jesus was a recipient of worship in the Pauline faith communities. He covers the problem of defining worship, a proposed definition and criteria for worship, a description of Pauline worship in light of his language, practical expressions of worship in the Pauline letters, and the purpose and ultimate goal of worship in Paul. Annotation c2014 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Tony Costa earned his PhD at Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen in the Netherlands in the areas of theology and New Testament. He received his B.A. in religious studies and his M.A. in early Christianity from the University of Toronto. His research interests include early Christian origins and worship and Christianity and contemporary society. He is Professor of Theology and Apologetics at the Toronto Baptist Seminary in Toronto, Canada. In addition, he serves as Adjunct Professor of Biblical Exegesis and Systematic Theology at Providence Theological Seminary in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He also serves as a Guest Researcher with the Research Institute for Theology and Religion at the University of South Africa in Pretoria, South Africa. He has published essays in the Early Christianity in Its Hellenistic Context series (2013).