In the shadow of empire
Subtitle: reclaiming the Bible as a history of faithful resistance
By: Richard A. Horsley, editor.
Contributors: Horsley, Richard A.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Louisville, Ky
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9780664232320
Subjects: Christianity and politics -- United States; Christianity and international affairs; Imperialism ; United States -- Foreign relations -- Philosophy; United States -- Church history
Description: "The Bible tells the stories of many empires. And many are still considered some of the largest of the ancient and classical world: the Assyrians, the Babylonians, the Persians, the Greeks, and finally the Romans. In this book, nine experts bring a critical analysis of these world empires in the background of the Old and New Testaments. As they explain, the Bible developed against the context of these empires, providing concrete meaning to the countercultural claims of Jews and Christians that their God was the true King, the real Emperor. Each chapter describes how to read the Bible as a reaction to empire and as a call to resist imperial powers in every age."--Jacket.