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Romans disarmed

resisting empire, demanding justice

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Sylvia C. Keesmaat, Sylvia C. ...
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An edition of Romans disarmed (2019)

Romans disarmed

resisting empire, demanding justice

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Globalization. Homelessness. Ecological and economic crisis. Conflicts over sexuality. Violence. These crisis-level issues may seem unique to our times, but Paul's Letter to the Romans has something to say to all of them. Following their successful Colossians Remixed, Sylvia Keesmaat and Brian Walsh unpack the meaning of Romans for its original context and for today. The authors demonstrate how Romans disarms the political, economic, and cultural power of the Roman Empire and how this ancient letter offers hope in today's crisis-laden world. Romans Disarmed helps readers enter the world of ancient Rome and see how Paul's most radical letter transforms the lives of the marginalized then and now. Intentionally avoiding abstract debates about Paul's theology, Keesmaat and Walsh move back and forth between the present and the past as they explore themes of home, economic justice, creation care, the violence of the state, sexuality, and Indigenous reconciliation. They show how Romans engages with the lived reality of those who suffer from injustice, both in the first century and in the midst of our own imperial realities.

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Publisher
Brazos Press
Language
English
Pages
398

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Table of Contents

Reading Romans and disarming empire
Kitchen walls and tenement halls
Empire and broken worldviews
Homeless in Rome
Land, ecology, and the defilement of home
Economic justice and the kingdom of life
Welcoming the powerless
The Pax Romana and the gospel of peace
Imperial sexuality and covenantal faithfulness
Salvation, lament, and hope.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Published in
Grand Rapids, MI

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
227/.106
Library of Congress
BS2665.52 .K37 2019, BS2665.52.K37 2019

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 398 pages
Number of pages
398

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL44129908M
ISBN 10
1587432846
ISBN 13
9781587432842
LCCN
2018034282
OCLC/WorldCat
1050454483

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL32374491W

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