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| Titre : | Unveiling Empire : Reading Revelation Then and Now |
| Auteurs : | Wes Howard-Brook, Auteur ; Anthony Gwyther, Auteur |
| Type de document : | texte imprimé |
| Editeur : | Maryknoll [USA] : Orbis Books, 2000 |
| Collection : | The Bible & Liberation |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-1-57075-287-2 |
| Format : | xxx + 313 p. |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Résumé : | Many people are put off from reading the book of Revelation because they have been confused by “end of the world” readings or by the text’s mysterious imagery. Unveiling Empire breaks through this impasse by examining the roots and social purposes of apocalyptic literature, and the text’s use of traditional imagery, thereby providing tools for understanding Revelation’s message for Christians today living amidst the power and seductions of “empire.” |
| Note de contenu : |
- List of tables, diagrams, and figures - Acknowledgments - Foreword (Elizabeth McAlister) - INTRODUCTION - Reading Revelation: The Purpose of This Book / What’s Different about Our Approach? / An Outline of the Book of Revelation / Revelation’s Author / How to Use This Book - 1. “BEHOLD, A DOOR WAS OPENED IN HEAVEN” - Seeking Wisdom from On High: A Brief History of the Rapture in the United States / Why Is Premillennialism Attractive? / Near-Death Experiences, UFOs, Marian Apparitions, and the New Age / Some Recent Alternative Readings of Revelation (Two Contrasting Approaches to the Astrological Symbolism in Revelation ; Reading Revelation from within a Context of Political Oppression ; Feminist Readings of Revelation ; First World Political Readings of Revelation: William Stringfellow and Daniel Berrigan) / Reflection Questions - 2. THE ROOTS AND BRANCHES OF APOCALYPTIC WRITINGS - Resisting the Seleucid Empire (The “Holy War” Ideology of Maccabees / Daniel’s Apocalyptic Call for Nonviolent Resistance) / The Roots of Daniel’s Apocalyptic Vision (Visionary Imagery in Israel’s Exilic Prophets: Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Second Isaiah ; The Battle for Justice and Fidelity under Persian Imperial Rule of “Yehud” ; From Third Isaiah to Daniel: Judea Steeped in the Apocalyptic Brew of Zoroastrianism) / Jewish Apocalyptic Branches after Daniel (First Enoch ; Jewish Apocalyptic during the Roman Empire) / Christian Apocalyptic Branches in the New Testament in Addition to Revelation (The Synoptic Apocalypses ; Paul’s Use of Apocalyptic ; The Other New Testament Letters) / Reflection Questions - 3. READING REVELATION IN CONTEXT - Imperial Rome and Christianity in the First Century: Imperial Politics / Imperial Economics / Imperial Culture / Imperial Myth / The Christian Ekklèsiai and the Empire / Reflection Questions - 4. REVELATION’S “BIFURCATED” SENSE OF TIME AND SPACE: Time / Space (Heavenly Beings ; Battle between Heaven and Earth ; Heaven as the Source of Truth) / Reflection Questions - 5. “VENGEANCE IS MINE!” SAYS THE LORD - Revelation’s Language of Violence and the Practice of a Discipleship of Nonviolence: “At Once I Was in the Spirit”: Understanding John’s Visionary Experiences / The First Scroll: Unsealing the Plagues That Call for Repentance / The Second Scroll: From Plagues to Faithful Witness / The Bowl Plagues: Destroying Those Who Destroy the Earth / Reflection Questions - 6. THE CITY OF OUR GOD - Babylon or New Jerusalem?: Prelude: Men Talking about Women as Whores and Brides Babylon / New Jerusalem / Reflection Questions - 7. “THE EMPIRE OF THE WORLD HAS BECOME THE EMPIRE OF OUR LORD AND OF HIS MESSIAH" - Liturgy and Worship in Revelation - 8. THE WAR OF MYTHS BETWEEN REVELATION AND ROME: Myth: Empire / Counter-Myth: The Empire of Our God / Myth: The Roman Pax / Counter-Myth: Babylon, the Shedder of Blood / Myth: Victoria / Counter-Myth: The Victory of the Lamb and His Followers / Myth: Faith / Counter-Myth: Keeping the Faith of Jesus / Myth: Eternity / Counter-Myth: They Will Reign Forever / Reflection Questions - 9. COMING OUT OF EMPIRE TODAY: Examining Global Capital through the Lens of Revelation / The Vices of Global Capital / Global Capital as Already Fallen / New Jerusalem Today: Seeds of the New Being Born amid the Shell of the Old / “Holy, Holy, Holy”: Prayer and Worship / “Blessed Is the One Reading Aloud and Listening to These Words”: Bible and Cultural Study / Oikonomia: Recovering Divine “Economics” / Conclusion: How Do We Take a Step Away from Empire and toward New Jerusalem? / Reflection Questions - BIBLIOGRAPHY: Commentaries and Works on Revelation / Roman Empire / Apocalyptic, Jewish, and Related Hebrew and Christian Scripture / Apocalyptic and Millennialism Generally / Modern Apocalyptic Phenomena / Globalism, Economics, and Other Cultural Studies / Methodology / Reference Works - Abbreviations - Index of biblical and other ancient texts / General index |
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