Romans Disarmed by Sylvia C Keesmaat
Reading the Bible from the Underside of EmpireSylvia and Brian are two of my favorite Bible scholars. 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.
--Shane Claiborne, author, activist, and cofounder of Red Letter Christians
If 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.
--J. Richard Middleton, Northeastern Seminary at Roberts Wesleyan College
Keesmaat 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.
--Ched Myers, Bartimaeus Cooperative Ministries
You (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.
--Greg Paul, Sanctuary Toronto community member and author of God in the Alley and Resurrecting Religion
Keesmaat 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.
--Randy S. Woodley, author of Shalom and the Community of Creation: An Indigenous Vision
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| ISBN 13 | 9781587434426 |
| ISBN 10 | 1587434423 |
| Title | Romans Disarmed |
| Author | Sylvia C Keesmaat |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Publisher | Brazos Press |
| Year published | 2019-05-21 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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