Paul, Why O Why?

The vision of the apostle Paul was, according to Philip Plyming’s new book, Being Real: The Apostle Paul’s Hardship Narratives and the Stories We Tell Today, a “radical social experiment” in mixing audiences – that is, an experiment in inclusivity. Male and female, Jews and Gentile, rich and poor, slave and free, Roman and non-Roman. Rowan Williams, Ply…