Paul understood that the prohibition (what he called 'the Law') was not the water that extinguished excessive desire, but a fuel that fed it. The problem for Paul was not desire as such, but rather its morphing into an obsessive/excessive impulse through the introduction of a law—a law that tempts us to act immorally precisely by demanding that we act morally.

Peter Rollins (b. 1973), Philosoph, Theologe und Autor

Related Bible passage: ROM.7.7

Topics: Grace & Redemption, Temptation & Struggle

Occasions: For Reflection

Peter Rollins

Peter Rollins (* 1973) ist ein nordirischer Philosoph, Theologe und Autor, der durch das Belfaster Kollektiv „Ikon“ und als Vordenker der Emerging-Church-Bewegung bekannt wurde. Er vertritt eine sogenannte „Pyrotheologie“, die christliche Mystik mit Dekonstruktion und Psychoanalyse verbindet, Zweifel ins Zentrum rückt und von konservativen Theologen wegen der Auflösung traditioneller Glaubens- und Heilslehren scharf kritisiert wird. Heutigen Bibellesern bietet sein Ansatz Impulse, biblische Texte jenseits dogmatischer Gewissheiten zu reflektieren und theologische Sinnkrisen als existentiellen Bestandteil des Glaubens zu betrachten.

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