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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... isn't all it's cracked up to be. I no longer believe that I am totally in control of my life. There is a higher power—God— with whom I must be in relation.” This confession had a familiar ring to it. Didn't the Gen X author Douglas ...
... isn't all it's cracked up to be. I no longer believe that I am totally in control of my life. There is a higher power—God— with whom I must be in relation.” This confession had a familiar ring to it. Didn't the Gen X author Douglas ...
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... isn't such a big step to say that somehow you can impart that wisdom to anyone who will submit to your authority. For William, things simply go from bad to worse in this text. While a lot of the imagery of the letter simply makes no ...
... isn't such a big step to say that somehow you can impart that wisdom to anyone who will submit to your authority. For William, things simply go from bad to worse in this text. While a lot of the imagery of the letter simply makes no ...
Pagina 27
... isn't just a retrenched modernity, it is modernity with an arrogant vengeance. It is almost as if postmodernity has managed to kick one or two modernist demons out the front door, only to allow seven more virulent demons in the back. If ...
... isn't just a retrenched modernity, it is modernity with an arrogant vengeance. It is almost as if postmodernity has managed to kick one or two modernist demons out the front door, only to allow seven more virulent demons in the back. If ...
Pagina 28
... isn't a religious vision, is it? We think it is. This cultural force promises nothing less than the blossoming of a new civilization that will eventually bring an end to international conflict, resolve hitherto intractable problems like ...
... isn't a religious vision, is it? We think it is. This cultural force promises nothing less than the blossoming of a new civilization that will eventually bring an end to international conflict, resolve hitherto intractable problems like ...
Pagina 29
... isn't ultimately a matter of faith.38 Faith is invariably rooted in overarching stories or metanarratives that give meaning and direction to life. (Precisely the kinds of stories that engender postmodern incredulity!) Such stories ...
... isn't ultimately a matter of faith.38 Faith is invariably rooted in overarching stories or metanarratives that give meaning and direction to life. (Precisely the kinds of stories that engender postmodern incredulity!) Such stories ...
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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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