This course provides an overview of the Pauline epistolary corpus, as well as an in-depth discussion of this literature as theological insight and pastoral guidance for the Church. Pastoral issues addressed by the letters will be discussed within the context of Early Mediterranean Christianity. Theological themes that emerge from the texts of the letters and that inform pastoral advice will be developed with emphasis on Christology, Soteriology and Ecclesiology. The relevance of Paul’s missionary work for contemporary faith communities will be addressed with attention to social location.