Colossians Remixed: Subverting the EmpireInterVarsity Press, 27 mai 2015 - 258 pagini Have we really heard the message of Colossians? Is this New Testament book just another religious text whose pretext is an ideological grab for dominating power? Reading Colossians in context, ancient and contemporary, can perhaps give us new ears to hear. In this innovative and refreshing book Brian J. Walsh and Sylvia C. Keesmaat explain our own sociocultural context to then help us get into the world of the New Testament and get a sense of the power of the gospel as it addressed those who lived in Colossae two thousand years ago. Their reading presents us with a radical challenge from the apostle Paul for today. Drawing together biblical scholarship with a passion for authentic lives that embody the gospel, this groundbreaking interpretation of Colossians provides us with tools to subvert the empire of our own context in a way that acknowledges the transforming power of Jesus Christ. |
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... Caesar is the one worshiped as savior of the whole world, for he has brought peace and prosperity to the whole of his kingdom by the might of his arm and by the blessings of the gods on his rule. My astonishment grew as Lydia responded ...
... Caesar is the one worshiped as savior of the whole world, for he has brought peace and prosperity to the whole of his kingdom by the might of his arm and by the blessings of the gods on his rule. My astonishment grew as Lydia responded ...
Pagina 52
... Caesar isn't our lord and savior. They might think you didn't appreciate the peace and prosperity that Rome has brought. Don't you see the kind of trouble you could get into with this way of thinking? Remember that although you are rich ...
... Caesar isn't our lord and savior. They might think you didn't appreciate the peace and prosperity that Rome has brought. Don't you see the kind of trouble you could get into with this way of thinking? Remember that although you are rich ...
Pagina 53
... Caesar, brings peace? And what difference does this belief make in the way they live their lives? Lydia continued to tell me about the communities that worship Jesus. She told me how they care for one another without regard for social ...
... Caesar, brings peace? And what difference does this belief make in the way they live their lives? Lydia continued to tell me about the communities that worship Jesus. She told me how they care for one another without regard for social ...
Pagina 54
... Caesar could result in immediate imprisonment and a closer view of the imperial games than anyone would want—not as ... Caesar was lord and that peace and prosperity had come through him. And such peace and prosperity testified to his ...
... Caesar could result in immediate imprisonment and a closer view of the imperial games than anyone would want—not as ... Caesar was lord and that peace and prosperity had come through him. And such peace and prosperity testified to his ...
Pagina 55
... Caesar indeed good news for these people? I was disturbed. Lydia had offered a challenge to my faith in the empire. I knew that her story and mine couldn't both be true. Either Caesar had brought forgiveness of our sins, fruitfulness ...
... Caesar indeed good news for these people? I was disturbed. Lydia had offered a challenge to my faith in the empire. I knew that her story and mine couldn't both be true. Either Caesar had brought forgiveness of our sins, fruitfulness ...
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4 Contexted Fruitfulness in the Shadow of Empire | 65 |
PART TWO Truth Remixed | 77 |
5 Subversive Poetry and Contested Imagination | 79 |
PART THREE Praxis Remixed | 145 |
9 An Ethic of Secession | 147 |
10 An Ethic of Community | 169 |
11 An Ethic of Liberation | 201 |
12 A Suffering Ethic | 220 |
Bibliography | 234 |
Author Index | 247 |
Subject Index | 249 |
6 Regimes of Truth and the Word of Truth | 96 |
7 What Is Truth? | 115 |
8 Faithful Improvisation and Idolatrous Lies | 132 |
Scripture Index | 254 |
More Titles from InterVarsity Press | 257 |
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Colossians Remixed: Subverting the Empire Brian J. Walsh,Sylvia C. Keesmaat Previzualizare limitată - 2004 |
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