Reconceiving the Boundaries of Home: The 'Oikology' of Ephesians

TY - JOUR

T1 - Reconceiving the Boundaries of Home

T2 - The 'Oikology' of Ephesians

AU - Ticciati, Susannah

PY - 2019/11/13

Y1 - 2019/11/13

N2 - This article offers a reading of Ephesians in repair of a modern liberal inclusivism that unwittingly perpetuates an oppressive colonialist logic. It delineates the dynamic of dwelling, building and inhabitation present in Ephesians via the oik- root, coining the term ‘oikology’ to capture its inseparable economy and ecology. Willie James Jennings is a key dialogue partner in the articulation of the colonialist logic to be overcome. The particular species of modern inclusivism in view is that which is exhibited by New Testament scholars associated with the New Perspective on Paul, which I argue remains captive to a supersessionist logic. The article offers a non-supersessionist reading of Ephesians, arguing that Israel, rather than being replaced, remains the wider habitat in which the gentile Ephesians find their home. In this way the article seeks a reading of the cosmic Christology of Ephesians as an instantiation not of colonial inclusivism but of true catholicity.

AB - This article offers a reading of Ephesians in repair of a modern liberal inclusivism that unwittingly perpetuates an oppressive colonialist logic. It delineates the dynamic of dwelling, building and inhabitation present in Ephesians via the oik- root, coining the term ‘oikology’ to capture its inseparable economy and ecology. Willie James Jennings is a key dialogue partner in the articulation of the colonialist logic to be overcome. The particular species of modern inclusivism in view is that which is exhibited by New Testament scholars associated with the New Perspective on Paul, which I argue remains captive to a supersessionist logic. The article offers a non-supersessionist reading of Ephesians, arguing that Israel, rather than being replaced, remains the wider habitat in which the gentile Ephesians find their home. In this way the article seeks a reading of the cosmic Christology of Ephesians as an instantiation not of colonial inclusivism but of true catholicity.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85075149624&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1111/ijst.12384

DO - 10.1111/ijst.12384

M3 - Article

SN - 1463-1652

VL - 21

SP - 408

EP - 430

JO - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY

JF - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY

IS - 4

ER -