Chris Tilling
— St. Mellitus College
“Pauline Dogmatics is quite simply the most enjoyable biblical or theology related book I have ever read, and I consider it to be the best book on Pauline theology ever written. A superlative endorsement like this would make me cynical too, but I mean it. This is theology written not simply about Paul, but with Paul, under Paul, illuminating Paul, which reaches beyond the cerebral assault into my own life and practices with unnerving immediacy. And its penny-drop-moment-o-meter is off the scale! This is a dazzling Pauline dogmatics, animated by what matters most: the reality of God in Christ. As such it yields astonishing results. Prepare to have your minds scrambled, your interpretive tables overturned, your exegetical hair ruffled, and your theological horizons blown apart. With unique insight, Campbell slam-dunks the most important thing to get right when reading Paul, and he then pushes this through in what can only be called joyful directions. Utterly. Brilliant.”
Susan Eastman
— author of Paul and the Person: Reframing Paul’s Anthropology
“With stunning breadth and his trademark brio, Campbell passionately argues for the heart of Paul’s gospel and its transforming effects: the Lordship of Christ, the love of God, and the power of the Spirit unleashed in the world. A must-read for scholars and preachers alike.”
Jesus Creed
“This is nothing less than (echoing Karl Barth) a theology built on Paul. But there’s even more: it is nothing less than a pastoral theology of Paul, a Barth-shaped theology of Paul that focuses on Paul’s pastoral, missionary ministry of planting churches in Asia Minor and Greece.”
Calvin Theological Journal
“[Campbell’s] wide-ranging insights deserve attention and praise.”
Religious Studies Review
“Pauline scholars will find the book interesting, and systematic theologians may find the adaptation of Barth and the movement from Scripture to theology intriguing.”
Interpretation
“A detailed, carefully reasoned, and thought-provoking interpretation of Paul for our present day. The result is a rich resource for fruitful engagement with Paul, as well as with the welter of controversial issues facing the contemporary church.”
Benjamin Schliesser in The Journal of Theological Studies
"What impression remains after this tour de force through 29 sessions? While after my first encounter with Campbell’s work I was shocked, the reading of Pauline Dogmatics leaves me both without breath and with admiration. Campbell’s scholarly engagement with theologians, biblical scholars, and social scientists, as well as artists, songwriters, and film directors is impressive, as is the breadth of topics and themes. . . . The impact of the volume will not so much lie in the scholarly advances but in the pastoral and missional verve, which appeals not only to theologians in the academy but also church leaders, pastors, missionaries, and members of local congregations.”