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Colossians remixed : subverting the empire / Brian J. Walsh and Sylvia C. Keesmaat.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, [2004]Description: 256 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0830827382
  • 9780830827381
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 227.706 23
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Contents:
Placing Colossians : globalism and postmodernity -- Colossians and disquieted globalism -- Placing Colossians : discerning empire -- Contested fruitfulness in the shadow of empire -- Subversive poetry and contested imagination -- Regimes of truth and the word of truth -- What is truth? -- Faithful improvisation and idolatrous lies -- An ethic of secession -- An ethic of community -- An ethic of liberation -- A suffering ethic.
Abstract: 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.Summary: 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.Summary: 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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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Placing Colossians : globalism and postmodernity -- Colossians and disquieted globalism -- Placing Colossians : discerning empire -- Contested fruitfulness in the shadow of empire -- Subversive poetry and contested imagination -- Regimes of truth and the word of truth -- What is truth? -- Faithful improvisation and idolatrous lies -- An ethic of secession -- An ethic of community -- An ethic of liberation -- A suffering ethic.

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.