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Jesus and Empire
Author | : Richard A. Horsley |
Publsiher | : Fortress Press |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 2024 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1451416679 |
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A major advance in Jesus studies and a critique of oppression. Horsley focuses his attention on how Jesus' proclamation of the kingdom of God relates to Roman and Herodian power politics.
God and Empire
Author | : John Dominic Crossan |
Publsiher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2009-03-17 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780061744280 |
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The bestselling author and prominent New Testament scholar draws parallels between 1st–century Roman Empire and 21st–century United States, showing how the radical messages of Jesus and Paul can lead us to peace today Using the tools of expert biblical scholarship and a keen eye for current events, bestselling author John Dominic Crossan deftly presents the tensions exhibited in the Bible between political power and God’s justice. Through the revolutionary messages of Jesus and Paul, Crossan reveals what the Bible has to say about land and economy, violence and retribution, justice and peace, and ultimately, redemption. He examines the meaning of “kingdom of God” prophesized by Jesus, and the equality recommended to Paul by his churches, contrasting these messages of peace against the misinterpreted apocalyptic vision from the book of Revelations, that has been co-opted by modern right-wing theologians and televangelists to justify the United State’s military actions in the Middle East.
Christ and Caesar
Author | : Seyoon Kim |
Publsiher | : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages | : 245 |
Release | : 2008-10-07 |
Genre | : Bibles |
ISBN | : 9780802860088 |
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This title looks at what kind of responses Paul made to the Roman Empire. The author subjects the methods of current interpreters to critical scrutiny and discusses what makes an anti-imperial interpretation of Pauline writings difficult.
Jesus Is Lord Caesar Is Not
Author | : Scot McKnight,Joseph B. Modica |
Publsiher | : InterVarsity Press |
Total Pages | : 225 |
Release | : 2013-03-28 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780830839919 |
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This volume brings together respected biblical scholars to evaluate the turn toward "empire criticism" in recent New Testament scholarship. While praising the movement for its deconstruction of Roman statecraft and ideology, the contributors also provide a salient critique of the anti-imperialist rhetoric pervading much of the current literature.
Kingdom and Empire
Author | : Gene Tempelmeyer |
Publsiher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 116 |
Release | : 2021-09-02 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781666716283 |
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We love ragtag rebels who defeat the empire in films we watch and books we read. But living in centers of the world’s wealth and power, do we recognize that we are participants in today’s version of empire? Most of the Bible is written for and by people under threat or under the thumb of a variety of empires. The question faced by the children of Israel and the early followers of Jesus was how to live for the kingdom of God while powerful empires demanded full obedience. Does living with affluence and influence change the way we read and understand that story? Are we likely to miss the way the Bible critiques our use of wealth, weapons, and walls? What do Abraham, Moses, and Daniel teach us about living in the heart of the empire and reaching for something better? What can Paul teach us about using the resources of the empire to spread the message that Jesus is Lord, not Caesar? What do the birth and death of Jesus teach us about how God is redeeming the world of empires? Is our citizenship in the empire a temptation, or an opportunity?
Revelation
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Canongate Books |
Total Pages | : 60 |
Release | : 1999-01-01 |
Genre | : Bibles |
ISBN | : 9780857861016 |
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The final book of the Bible, Revelation prophesies the ultimate judgement of mankind in a series of allegorical visions, grisly images and numerological predictions. According to these, empires will fall, the "Beast" will be destroyed and Christ will rule a new Jerusalem. With an introduction by Will Self.
Jesus and the Empire of God
Author | : Margaret Froelich |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 187 |
Release | : 2023-05-18 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780567700889 |
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Margaret Froelich examines the Gospel of Mark using political and empire-critical methodologies, following postcolonial thinkers in perceiving a far more ambivalent message than previous pacifistic interpretations of the text. She argues that Mark does not represent an entirely new way of thinking about empire or cosmic structures, but rather exhibits concepts and structures with which the author and his audience are already familiar in order to promote the Kingdom of God as a better version of the encroaching Roman Empire. Froelich consequently understands Mark as a response to the physical, ideological, and cultural displacement of the first Roman/Judean War. By looking to Greek, Roman, and Jewish texts to determine how first-century authors thought of conquest and expansion, Froelich situates the Gospel directly in a historical and socio-political context, rather than treating that context as a mere backdrop; concluding that the Gospel portrays the Kingdom of God as a conquering empire with Jesus as its victorious general and client king.
Empire Baptized
Author | : Howard-Brook, Wes |
Publsiher | : Orbis Books |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 2016-09-15 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781608336586 |
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Through a study of the early church, this book shows how Christianity in effect opted for the religion of empire, shifting the emphasis of Jesus's prophetic message from transforming the world to the aim of saving one's soul.