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In pushing back against efforts by both theologians and philosophers to contextualize and explain Paul's words, Concannon points out harmful passages in Paul's seminal writings, including his message for slaves to obey masters and his calls for women to submit. . . . This heady blend of Continental philosophy, biblical studies, and critical theory will be sure to spark debate among scholars grappling with Paul and his legacy. * Publishers Weekly * Concannon's Profaning Paul is likely the first work of biblical criticism that begins in an outhouse and ends in a garbage heap. Its references to waste offer laugh-out-loud moments throughout its provocative work, which concentrates on modern interpretations of the Pauline epistles... a fascinating, entertaining book for spiritual seekers who are willing to get their hands dirty. * Foreword Reviews * Readable and fascinating, Profaning Paul represents the most interesting work within the meeting place of biblical studies and cultural studies and theory. Concannon's close readings of philosophers and scholars are responsible and attentive, his critiques are satisfying, and the take-aways are plentiful. -- Maia Kotrosits, author of The Lives of Objects Extraordinarily learned and perfectly clear, Profaning Paul counts the high cost of the refusal to allow Paul and his letters to stink. Paul's letters land, hitting hard, sanitizing inequality, and whitewashing exploitation. Rather than seeking to redeem Paul, the Christian or the secular saint, Concannon invites us to sit in and with this shit-Paul's and ours-and survive. A courageous, astute, razor-sharp, and ethically urgent analysis. -- Jennifer Knust, author of Unprotected Texts A wonderfully vivid writer, Con cannon weighs his argument carefully. He does not exactly blame Paul for holding views shared by most of his contemporaries. Instead, he questions why such a person should hold moral authority today. * Christian Century *

In pushing back against efforts by both theologians and philosophers to contextualize and explain Paul's words, Concannon points out harmful passages in Paul's seminal writings, including his message for slaves to obey masters and his calls for women to submit. . . . This heady blend of Continental philosophy, biblical studies, and critical theory will be sure to spark debate among scholars grappling with Paul and his legacy. * Publishers Weekly * Readable and fascinating, Profaning Paul represents the most interesting work within the meeting place of biblical studies and cultural studies and theory. Concannon's close readings of philosophers and scholars are responsible and attentive, his critiques are satisfying, and the take-aways are plentiful. -- Maia Kotrosits, author of The Lives of Objects Extraordinarily learned and perfectly clear, Profaning Paul counts the high cost of the refusal to allow Paul and his letters to stink. Paul's letters land, hitting hard, sanitizing inequality, and whitewashing exploitation. Rather than seeking to redeem Paul, the Christian or the secular saint, Concannon invites us to sit in and with this shit-Paul's and ours-and survive. A courageous, astute, razor-sharp, and ethically urgent analysis. -- Jennifer Knust, author of Unprotected Texts

Readable and fascinating, Profaning Paul represents the most interesting work within the meeting place of biblical studies and cultural studies and theory. Concannon's close readings of philosophers and scholars are responsible and attentive, his critiques are satisfying, and the take-aways are plentiful. -- Maia Kotrosits, author of The Lives of Objects

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Cavan Concannon is associate professor of religion at the University of Southern California. He is the author of Assembling Early Christianity: Trade, Networks, and the Letters of Dionysios of Corinth and “When You Were Gentiles”: Specters of Ethnicity in Roman Corinth and Paul’s Corinthian Correspondence. He is codirector of the Mediterranean Connectivity Initiative and has excavated at Corinth and Ostia Antica.  

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