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Book Review: Then the Whisper Put on Flesh: New Testament Ethics in an African American Context

imprisonment at the hands of the Roman authorities. By the time Paul wrote from a jail in Rome to the Philippians, he had endured Roman imprisonment for an extended period of time and faced impending execution at the hands of the Roman government. The longevity of this incarceration, as well as its injustice, allowed Paul time to reflect upon the implications of loyalty to Jesus in the face of the morally depraved rule and rulers of Rome. Paul's change of perspective toward Roman authority was the result. Although scholars will dispute Cassidy's interpretation of individual points in this broadranging investigation, he effectively makes his overall case for development in Paul's thought. Cassidy adds to the growing corpus of literature illuminating the political context of Paul's writ­ ing, forcing us to think again about familiar texts. Furthermore, Cassidy provides a needed corrective to the exclusive focus on the muchabused text, Romans 13:1-7, as the sum and sub­ stance of Paul's stance toward the state. Cassidy's study is highly recommended.