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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... human condition, and two communities have significantly contributed to our lives in these areas. First, we have been sustained with bread and wine, prayers and fellowship, baptisms and funerals, joy and sorrow, through our worship at ...
... human condition, and two communities have significantly contributed to our lives in these areas. First, we have been sustained with bread and wine, prayers and fellowship, baptisms and funerals, joy and sorrow, through our worship at ...
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... generation are certain of, it is that there is no certainty. Certainty needs to be abandoned because it claims too much for any human perspective. Again we come back to William's problem with absolutes in 16 C OLOSSIANS R EMIXED.
... generation are certain of, it is that there is no certainty. Certainty needs to be abandoned because it claims too much for any human perspective. Again we come back to William's problem with absolutes in 16 C OLOSSIANS R EMIXED.
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... human knowledge is always constructed in particular historical contexts, “total systems” are invariably achieved “only at the cost of violence, by repressing what doesn't fit and erasing the memory of those who have questioned it.”3 At ...
... human knowledge is always constructed in particular historical contexts, “total systems” are invariably achieved “only at the cost of violence, by repressing what doesn't fit and erasing the memory of those who have questioned it.”3 At ...
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... human dignity and the sanctity of life are at the center of social existence. Emotional dislocation, moral sickness and individual helplessness remain ubiquitous features of our time.9 This emotional dislocation and sense of ...
... human dignity and the sanctity of life are at the center of social existence. Emotional dislocation, moral sickness and individual helplessness remain ubiquitous features of our time.9 This emotional dislocation and sense of ...
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... human history-forming praxis. Alisdair MacIntyre is right when he says, “I can only answer the question 'What am I to do?' if I can answer the prior question 'Of what story or stories do I find myself a part?'”21 But if all narratives ...
... human history-forming praxis. Alisdair MacIntyre is right when he says, “I can only answer the question 'What am I to do?' if I can answer the prior question 'Of what story or stories do I find myself a part?'”21 But if all narratives ...
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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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