Author : Warren Carter
Publisher : T&T Clark
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 21,17 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Religion
ISBN :
Carter examines the influence of the Roman Empire on the writing of John's Gospel.
Author : John Dominic Crossan
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 26,88 MB
Release : 2009-03-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 006174428X
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.
Author : John Darwin
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 38,57 MB
Release : 2012-09-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1846146712
A both controversial and comprehensive historical analysis of how the British Empire worked, from Wolfson Prize-winning author and historian John Darwin The British Empire shaped the world in countless ways: repopulating continents, carving out nations, imposing its own language, technology and values. For perhaps two centuries its expansion and final collapse were the single largest determinant of historical events, and it remains surrounded by myth, misconception and controversy today. John Darwin's provocative and richly enjoyable book shows how diverse, contradictory and in many ways chaotic the British Empire really was, controlled by interests that were often at loggerheads, and as much driven on by others' weaknesses as by its own strength.
Author : Steven J. Friesen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 35,68 MB
Release : 2001-10-25
Category : History
ISBN : 0195131533
After more than a century of debate about the significance of imperial cults for the interpretation of Revelation, this is the first study to examine both the archaeological evidence and the Biblical text in depth. Friesen argues that a detailed analysis of imperial cults as they were practiced in the first century CE in the region where John was active allows us to understand John's criticism of his society's dominant values. He demonstrates the importance of imperial cults for society at the time when Revelation was written, and shows the ways in which John refuted imperial cosmology through his use of vision, myth, and eschatological expectation.
Author : Prof. Colleen M. Conway
Publisher : Abingdon Press
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 34,88 MB
Release : 2017-11-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1426766408
While the book necessarily includes discussion of key concepts in Johannine scholarship (e.g., the existence or not of a distinctive Johannine community, questions regarding the gospel's sources and redactional layers), it also takes into account more recent developments in New Testament studies. It includes gender related issues with influence by postcolonial approaches as well as the influence of the Gospel's socio-political context in shaping its Christology and theology. Chapters focus on the different approaches to the Johannine texts and view the Gospel and letters through the lens of each respective approach. Chapters also encourage observation and open with a brief scripture reading assignment, followed by guiding questions to help students understand the key questions and themes for each approach.
Author : Anne F. Hyde
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 18,36 MB
Release : 2011-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0803245831
Author : Jeffrey Richards
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 29,27 MB
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 9780719061431
This study considers relationship between British imperialism and music. With its unique ability to stimulate the emotions and to create mental images, music was used to dramatize, illustrate and reinforce the components of the ideological cluster that constituted British imperialism in its heyday: patriotism, monarchism, hero-worship, Protestantism, racialism and chivalry. It was also used to emphasise the inclusiveness of Britain by stressing the contributions of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland to the imperial project.
Author : Ashley Jackson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 12,75 MB
Release : 2013-11
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0199589380
An exciting journey to thirteen buildings that capture the essence of the British imperial experience, painting an intimate portrait of the biggest empire the world has ever seen: the people who made it and the people who resisted it, as well as the legacy of the imperial project throughout the world.
Author : Andrew Fitzmaurice
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 12,21 MB
Release : 2014-10-23
Category : History
ISBN : 1107076498
Adopting a global approach, Fitzmaurice analyses the laws that shaped modern European empires from medieval times to the twentieth century.
Author : Henry Smith Williams
Publisher :
Page : 718 pages
File Size : 16,83 MB
Release : 1904
Category : World History
ISBN :
