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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... Colossae and to our world, caught as it is in the throes of the empire.” MARVA J. DAWN, author of Unfettered Hope: A Call to Faithful Living in an Affluent Society and Powers, Weakness, and the Tabernacling of God “Colossians Remixed is ...
... Colossae and to our world, caught as it is in the throes of the empire.” MARVA J. DAWN, author of Unfettered Hope: A Call to Faithful Living in an Affluent Society and Powers, Weakness, and the Tabernacling of God “Colossians Remixed is ...
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... Colossae? Essentially the allergic reaction sets in. When William opens up a text like Colossians, the first thing he is struck by—indeed the first absolute to hit him in the face—is the claim the author is making for himself.6 “Paul ...
... Colossae? Essentially the allergic reaction sets in. When William opens up a text like Colossians, the first thing he is struck by—indeed the first absolute to hit him in the face—is the claim the author is making for himself.6 “Paul ...
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... Colossae is that they would come to all “wisdom and understanding” (1:9). But then if you presume to know how the whole world hangs together, it isn't such a big step to say that somehow you can impart that wisdom to anyone who will ...
... Colossae is that they would come to all “wisdom and understanding” (1:9). But then if you presume to know how the whole world hangs together, it isn't such a big step to say that somehow you can impart that wisdom to anyone who will ...
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... Colossae was once a piece of contemporary correspondence to a particular community in a particular place and time. And like our time, theirs was a time of empire. In the next chapter we will attempt to situate this letter more ...
... Colossae was once a piece of contemporary correspondence to a particular community in a particular place and time. And like our time, theirs was a time of empire. In the next chapter we will attempt to situate this letter more ...
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... Colossae and inspection of their work.1 After a few meetings with merchants to whom I was selling cloth, I enjoyed a leisurely visit with some friends, long unseen. Nothing out of the ordinary. But then my day took a totally unexpected ...
... Colossae and inspection of their work.1 After a few meetings with merchants to whom I was selling cloth, I enjoyed a leisurely visit with some friends, long unseen. Nothing out of the ordinary. But then my day took a totally unexpected ...
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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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