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. |
Din interiorul cărții
Rezultatele 1 - 5 din 74
Pagina 1
... postmodern suspicion of truth that characterizes our culture.” J. RICHARD MIDDLETON, Associate Professor of Biblical Studies, Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester, New York “A gripping, powerful and penetrating interpretation of ...
... postmodern suspicion of truth that characterizes our culture.” J. RICHARD MIDDLETON, Associate Professor of Biblical Studies, Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester, New York “A gripping, powerful and penetrating interpretation of ...
Pagina 2
... postmodern engagement with a biblical text. It will provide a fascinating and readable entry into Colossians— and deeper into the essential message of Jesus and Paul. And in the process, it will expose readers to evocative and ...
... postmodern engagement with a biblical text. It will provide a fascinating and readable entry into Colossians— and deeper into the essential message of Jesus and Paul. And in the process, it will expose readers to evocative and ...
Pagina 15
... postmodern culture and thought. Autonomy was the clarion call of modernity, with its image of a self-made, selfcentered ego. William had played with such a self-image and found it resulted in loneliness and confusion. Moreover ...
... postmodern culture and thought. Autonomy was the clarion call of modernity, with its image of a self-made, selfcentered ego. William had played with such a self-image and found it resulted in loneliness and confusion. Moreover ...
Pagina 17
... postmodern.5 So, given this postmodern allergic reaction to absolutism and any and all large claims to have understood, grasped and become a spokesperson for the Truth, what happens when someone like William attempts to read a ...
... postmodern.5 So, given this postmodern allergic reaction to absolutism and any and all large claims to have understood, grasped and become a spokesperson for the Truth, what happens when someone like William attempts to read a ...
Pagina 18
... postmodern person at the beginning of the twenty-first century to read this text, learn from it and maybe even receive it as divinely inspired Scripture? I don't think so!” Discerning Our Context Reading is always contextual. How one ...
... postmodern person at the beginning of the twenty-first century to read this text, learn from it and maybe even receive it as divinely inspired Scripture? I don't think so!” Discerning Our Context Reading is always contextual. How one ...
Cuprins
7 | |
13 | |
15 | |
38 | |
49 | |
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 |
Alte ediții - Afișează-le pe toate
Colossians Remixed: Subverting the Empire Brian J. Walsh,Sylvia C. Keesmaat Previzualizare limitată - 2004 |
Colossians Remixed: Subverting the Empire Brian J. Walsh,Sylvia C. Keesmaat Nu există previzualizare disponibilă - 2005 |
Termeni și expresii frecvente
alternative ancient Archippus believe Brian Bud Osborn Caesar called captive Christ Christian Christian community church claims Colossae Colossians commitment context covenantal creation cross death discern discourse dynamic earth ecological economic Elanna embrace emperor empire epistemology epistle ethic face faith forgiveness global God’s gospel hear heart hermeneutical human idolatry imagination imperial isn’t Israel Jesus kind kingdom knowledge language Laodicea legitimate liberating lives look Lord mean Messiah metanarrative metaphor munity N. T. Wright narrative Nympha Onesimus oppression Paul peace perspective philosophy poem political postmodern postmodern culture praxis proclaims question radical reconciliation regime of truth rhetoric Richard Middleton Roman Rome rooted rulers and authorities Scripture sexual shape slaves social society spiritual story of Jesus structures subversive suffering talking targum tell Testament things tion tradition Tychicus understanding violence vision voice Walsh Walter Brueggemann Wendell Berry whole William wisdom word worldview worship Yahweh