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Book Synopsis Jesus and Empire by : Richard A. Horsley
Download or read book Jesus and Empire written by Richard A. Horsley and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major advance in Jesus studies and a critique of oppression. Horsley focuses his attention on how Jesus' proclamation of the kingdom of God relates to Roman and Herodian power politics.
Book Synopsis God and Empire by : John Dominic Crossan
Download or read book God and Empire written by John Dominic Crossan and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling author and prominent New Testament scholar draws parallels between 1st–century Roman Empire and 21st–century United States, showing how the radical messages of Jesus and Paul can lead us to peace today Using the tools of expert biblical scholarship and a keen eye for current events, bestselling author John Dominic Crossan deftly presents the tensions exhibited in the Bible between political power and God’s justice. Through the revolutionary messages of Jesus and Paul, Crossan reveals what the Bible has to say about land and economy, violence and retribution, justice and peace, and ultimately, redemption. He examines the meaning of “kingdom of God” prophesized by Jesus, and the equality recommended to Paul by his churches, contrasting these messages of peace against the misinterpreted apocalyptic vision from the book of Revelations, that has been co-opted by modern right-wing theologians and televangelists to justify the United State’s military actions in the Middle East.
Download or read book John and Empire written by Warren Carter and published by T&T Clark. This book was released on 2008 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carter examines the influence of the Roman Empire on the writing of John's Gospel.
Book Synopsis Religion and Empire by : Richard A. Horsley
Download or read book Religion and Empire written by Richard A. Horsley and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horsley brings his skills to bear on the questions concerning religious rhetoric and empire-building. How do the teachings of Jesus affect our understanding of the uses of power? How can we understand the invocation of God in modern political rhetoric? These questions and more are explored.
Download or read book Christ and Caesar written by Seyoon Kim and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2008-10-07 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title looks at what kind of responses Paul made to the Roman Empire. The author subjects the methods of current interpreters to critical scrutiny and discusses what makes an anti-imperial interpretation of Pauline writings difficult.
Book Synopsis Jesus Is Lord, Caesar Is Not by : Scot McKnight
Download or read book Jesus Is Lord, Caesar Is Not written by Scot McKnight and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2013-03-28 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together respected biblical scholars to evaluate the turn toward "empire criticism" in recent New Testament scholarship. While praising the movement for its deconstruction of Roman statecraft and ideology, the contributors also provide a salient critique of the anti-imperialist rhetoric pervading much of the current literature.
Book Synopsis The Bible and the Third World by : R. S. Sugirtharajah
Download or read book The Bible and the Third World written by R. S. Sugirtharajah and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-06-11 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive history of the Bible in the Third World.
Book Synopsis Jesus Followers in the Roman Empire by : Paul B. Duff
Download or read book Jesus Followers in the Roman Empire written by Paul B. Duff and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Jesus of Nazareth began proclaiming the kingdom of God early in the first century, he likely had no intention of starting a new religion, especially one that included former pagans. Yet a new religion did eventually develop—one that not only included non-Jews but was soon dominated by them. How did this happen? Jesus Followers in the Roman Empire by Paul Duff offers an accessible and informed account of Christian origins, beginning with the teaching of Jesus and moving to the end of the first century. Duff's narrative shows how the rural Jewish movement led by Jesus developed into a largely non-Jewish phenomenon permeating urban centers of the Roman Empire. Paying special attention to social, cultural, and religious contexts—as well as to early Christian ideas about idolatry, marriage, family, slavery, and ethnicity—Jesus Followers in the Roman Empire will help readers cultivate a deeper understanding of the identity, beliefs, and practices of early Christ-believers.
Book Synopsis Empire Baptized by : Howard-Brook, Wes
Download or read book Empire Baptized written by Howard-Brook, Wes and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2016-09-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a study of the early church, this book shows how Christianity in effect opted for the religion of empire, shifting the emphasis of Jesus's prophetic message from transforming the world to the aim of saving one's soul.
Book Synopsis Paul and Empire by : Richard A. Horsley
Download or read book Paul and Empire written by Richard A. Horsley and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1997-11-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the centuries, Paul has been understood as the prototypical convert from Judaism to Christianity. At the time of Pauls conversion, however, Christianity did not yet exist. Moreover, Paul says nothing to indicate that he was abandoning Judaism or Israel. He, in fact, understood his mission as the fulfillment of the promises to Israel and of Israels own destiny. In brief, Pauls gospel and mission were set over against the Roman Empire, not Judaism.
Book Synopsis World Empire and the Return of Jesus Christ by :
Download or read book World Empire and the Return of Jesus Christ written by and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis FAITH IN THE FACE OF EMPIRE by : RAHEB
Download or read book FAITH IN THE FACE OF EMPIRE written by RAHEB and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2014-02-10 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Palestinian Christian theologian shows how the reality of empire shapes the context of the biblical story, and the ongoing experience of Middle East conflict.
Book Synopsis In the Shadow of Empire by : Richard A. Horsley
Download or read book In the Shadow of Empire written by Richard A. Horsley and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bible tells the stories of many empires, and many are still considered some of the largest of the ancient and classical world: the Assyrians, the Babylonians, the Persians, the Greeks, and finally the Romans. In this provocative book, nine experts bring a critical analysis of these world empires in the background of the Old and New Testaments. As they explain, the Bible developedagainstthe context of these empires, providing concrete meaning to the countercultural claims of Jews and Christians that their God was the true King, the real Emperor. Each chapter describes how to read the Bible as a reaction to empire and points to how to respond to the biblical message to resist imperial powers in every age.
Book Synopsis Resisting Empire: The Book of Revelation as Resistance by : C. Wess Daniels
Download or read book Resisting Empire: The Book of Revelation as Resistance written by C. Wess Daniels and published by Barclay Press. This book was released on 2019-10-07 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revelation speaks to the reality that we are caught in the fray of cosmic conflict. We are guilty. We've already been contaminated. But it's not too late for us to exit empire and enter the kingdom. We are yet both victim and victimizer. We have healing work to do, and we must take responsibility for the ways in which we have benefited from and been complicit with the religion of empire. This is the truth of Revelation. God wants to liberate us in body, heart, soul, and mind.Revelation reveals how scapegoating functions within empire to define its own boundaries and contours as being over and against wicked others.Revelation critiques wealth and shows that even in the first century there was prophetic critique against an economic system that was based on abundance for some, while exploiting the rest.Revelation demonstrates the importance of liturgy as something that forms people into the likeness of either empire or the lamb.Revelation reveals an alternative social order which becomes the center of resistance rooted in a vision of what the book describes as "the multitude."
Book Synopsis Empire and the Christian Tradition by : Don H. Compier
Download or read book Empire and the Christian Tradition written by Don H. Compier and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The radically altered situation today in religion, politics, and global communication-what can broadly be characterized as postmodern and postcolonial-necessitates close rereading of Christianity's classical sources, especially its theologians. In this groundbreaking textbook anthology, twenty-nine distinguished scholars scrutinize the relationship between empire and Christianity from Paul to the liberation theologians of our time. The contributors discuss how the classical theologians in different historical periods dealt with their own contexts of empire and issues such as center and margin, divine power and social domination, war and violence, gender hierarchy, and displacement and diaspora. Each chapter provides insights and resources drawn from the classical theological tradition to address the current political situation. Book jacket.
Book Synopsis Jesus and the Empire of God by : Margaret Froelich
Download or read book Jesus and the Empire of God written by Margaret Froelich and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-05-18 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Margaret Froelich examines the Gospel of Mark using political and empire-critical methodologies, following postcolonial thinkers in perceiving a far more ambivalent message than previous pacifistic interpretations of the text. She argues that Mark does not represent an entirely new way of thinking about empire or cosmic structures, but rather exhibits concepts and structures with which the author and his audience are already familiar in order to promote the Kingdom of God as a better version of the encroaching Roman Empire. Froelich consequently understands Mark as a response to the physical, ideological, and cultural displacement of the first Roman/Judean War. By looking to Greek, Roman, and Jewish texts to determine how first-century authors thought of conquest and expansion, Froelich situates the Gospel directly in a historical and socio-political context, rather than treating that context as a mere backdrop; concluding that the Gospel portrays the Kingdom of God as a conquering empire with Jesus as its victorious general and client king.
Download or read book Fires of Rome written by John Hagan and published by Rauson Group. This book was released on 2010-05-01 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Fires of Rome" is the companion work to "Year of the Passover" and covers the early Christian era from the crucifixion of Jesus in A.D. 36 to the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70 and beyond to the end of the revolt in A.D. 73. New Testament accounts of the crucifixion and early Christian events are examined against secular history written by accepted ancient Roman historians. "Fires of Rome" makes the case for a conspiracy against the Christians by the Jerusalem Second Temple High Priesthood which ultimately led to the persecutions in Rome, outwardly incited by Emperor Nero in A.D. 64. Earlier, in A.D. 62, the Jewish priests were responsible for the elimination of the Jerusalem Christian leadership, including James the Just, the brother of Jesus. Of necessity, "Fires of Rome" delves deeply into Roman history, with chapters on Roman Emperors Caius (Caligula), Claudius, and Nero, as well as chapters on the Jewish revolt of A.D. 66-73. "Fires of Rome" also profiles the powerful women of the early Christian era, including the infamous Herodias, Jewish Queen Bernice and her sister Drusilla, Agrippina the Younger, and others. Empress Poppea Sabina, the wife of Nero, is especially interesting, with her eclectic and semi-secret court of mystics, philosophers, and religious figures-which included historian Flavius Josephus and former Jerusalem Second Temple High Priest Ismael. Fires of Rome is a must read for every serious student of Christian history. Soft revision March 2013.
