Includes bibliographical references and index.

Paul's world(s): the Greco-Roman context of his mission - - Paul's résumé: the mission of the former persecutor -- Paul's letters: apostleship in absentia -- Paul's gospel: the good news of Christ crucified and raised -- Paul's spirituality: covenantal, cruciform, and charismatic; communal, countercultural, and (new-)creational -- Paul's theology: a dozen fundamental convictions -- 1 Thessalonians: holiness and hope in a pagan world -- 2 Thessalonians: cruciform faithfulness and goodness before the parousia -- Galatians: the sufficiency of the cross and Spirit -- 1 Corinthians: chaos and the cross in Corinth -- 2 Corinthians: Paul's defense of cruciform ministry -- Romans: Gentile and Jew in cruciform covenant community -- Philippians: the hymn of the crucified Lord in the cruciform community -- Philemon: the cross and the status quo -- Colossians: the cosmic crucified Christ as the wisdom of God -- Ephesians: walking worthily of the cosmic crucified Christ -- 2 Timothy: suffering rather than shame -- 1 Timothy: proper order and conduct in God's household -- Titus: ordering church life and leadership between the epiphanies -- Epilogue: Paul our contemporary.