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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. 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Whether you're over-churched or under-churched, they stir in you a fresh curiosity for the Bible. This new book is perfect for scholars and new Bible readers alike, and for everyone in between.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eShane Claiborne\u003c\/b\u003e, author, activist, and cofounder of Red Letter Christians\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you want to hear--and experience--Paul's letter to the Jewish and gentile Christ-followers in Rome as you never have, read this book. And re-read it. Keesmaat and Walsh bring the message of Romans into dialogue with our lives today, as we struggle to be faithful to the good news of Messiah Jesus in our own imperial context.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eJ. Richard Middleton\u003c\/b\u003e, Northeastern Seminary at Roberts Wesleyan College\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKeesmaat and Walsh write into the headwinds of Trumpism, deepening social disparity, ecological crisis, and endless war. Building on recent scholarship, this brilliant study engages the original audience, who labored under the shadow of empire, in a way that brings its message to life for similarly struggling North American Christians. The result is a fresh and committed reading by two of our generation's best interpreters of Word and world.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eChed Myers\u003c\/b\u003e, Bartimaeus Cooperative Ministries\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou (and I!) have never read Romans like this before. It has been weaponized by some and reduced to abstraction by others as has perhaps no other biblical book. Keesmaat and Walsh have disarmed such uses and returned it to the real, flesh-and-blood world.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eGreg Paul\u003c\/b\u003e, Sanctuary Toronto community member and author of \u003ci\u003eGod in the Alley\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eResurrecting Religion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKeesmaat and Walsh use an artistic mix of story, poetry, imaginative discourse, and solid biblical and social-cultural-historical background that allows the reader to understand the book of Romans from an alternative, and I believe more accurate, point of view.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eRandy S. 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