TY - BOOK ID - 5168270 TI - Paul and Philodemus : adaptability in Epicurean and early Christian psychagogy PY - 1995 VL - 81 SN - 9004100679 9004267271 9789004267275 9789004100671 PB - Leiden, [Netherlands] ; New York ; Köln, [Germany] : E.J. Brill, DB - UniCat KW - Adaptability (Psychology) KW - Spiritual formation KW - Adaptation (Psychologie) KW - Formation spirituelle KW - Biblical teaching KW - Enseignement biblique KW - Epicurus KW - Philodemus, KW - Influence KW - Bible. KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Critique, interprétation, etc. KW - Biblical teaching. KW - 1 <38> EPICURUS KW - 227.08 KW - -Spiritual formation KW - -Christian character formation KW - Formation, Spiritual KW - Growth, Spiritual KW - Spiritual growth KW - Spiritual life KW - Christian education KW - Discipling (Christianity) KW - Adaptation (Psychology) KW - Adaptive behavior KW - Flexibility (Psychology) KW - Malleability (Psychology) KW - Personality KW - Adjustment (Psychology) KW - Griekse filosofie--EPICURUS KW - Paulinische theologie KW - Christianity KW - -Philodemus KW - Epikuros KW - Ėpikur KW - Epiḳoros KW - Epicuro KW - Epikouros KW - Abīqūr KW - Yibijiulu KW - Epicure KW - Epʻikʻurosŭ KW - Έπίκουρος KW - -Griekse filosofie--EPICURUS KW - 227.08 Paulinische theologie KW - 1 <38> EPICURUS Griekse filosofie--EPICURUS KW - -227.08 Paulinische theologie KW - Christian character formation KW - Filodemo KW - Critique, interprétation, etc. KW - Influence. KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. KW - Ἐπίκουρος KW - Spiritual formation - Biblical teaching. KW - Adaptability (Psychology) - Biblical teaching. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5168270 AB - As Paul guides and educates his converts he functions as a psychagogue (“leader of souls”), adapting his leadership style as required in each individual case. Pauline psychagogy resembles Epicurean psychagogy in the way persons enjoying a superior moral status and spiritual aptitude help to nurture and correct others, guiding their souls in moral and religious (re)formation. This study relates Epicurean psychagogy of late Republican times to early Christian psychagogy on the basis of an investigation which places the practice in the wider socio-cultural perspective, contextualising it in Greco-Roman literature treating friendship and flattery and the importance of adaptability in moral guidance. Pauline studies are advanced by the introduction of new material into the discussion of the Corinthian correspondence which throws light on Paul's debate with his recalcitrant critics. ER -