In the Meaning of Paul for Today Professor Dodd suggests the place of Paul in the history of Religion, but more particularly he has sought to bring out the permanent significance of the apostle's thought, in modern terms, and in relation to the general interests and problems which occupy the mind of the present generation. I find in Paul, he writes, a religious philosophy of life orientated throughout to the idea of a society or commonwealth of God. Such a philosophy finds ready contact with the dominant concerns of own day.