Paul as challenge and provocation -- Sources and chronology for Paul's life and work : definite and hypothetical -- The pre-Christian Paul : open-minded religious zealot -- The call to be apostle to the Gentiles : the new horizon -- The Christian Paul : a volcano begins to rumble -- The Apostolic Council and the incident at Antioch : the problems remain unsolved -- Paul's independent mission : the volcano erupts -- Paul and the Thessalonians : consolation and confidence -- First Corinthians : high and true wisdom -- Second Corinthians : peace and war -- Paul and the Galatians : discovery in conflict -- Paul and the church in Rome : high-level encounter -- Paul in Rome : the old man and his work -- The presence of salvation : the center of Pauline theology -- Theology : the God who acts -- Christology : the Lord who is present -- Soteriology : the transfer has begun -- Pneumatology : the Spirit moves and works -- Anthropology : the struggle for the self -- Ethics : the new being as meaning formation -- Ecclesiology : the church as a demanding and attracting fellowship -- Eschatology : expectation and memory -- Pauline though as enduring meaning formation.