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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.
Have we really heard the message of Colossians? Is this New
Testament book just another religious text whose pretext is an
ideological grab for dominating power? Reading Colossians in
context, ancient and contemporary, can perhaps give us new ears to
hear. In this innovative and refreshing book Brian J. Walsh and
Sylvia C. Keesmaat explain our own sociocultural context to then
help us get into the world of the New Testament and get a sense of
the power of the gospel as it addressed those who lived in Colossae
two thousand years ago. Their reading presents us with a radical
challenge from the apostle Paul for today. Drawing together
biblical scholarship with a passion for authentic lives that embody
the gospel, this groundbreaking interpretation of Colossians
provides us with tools to subvert the empire of our own context in
a way that acknowledges the transforming power of Jesus Christ.
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