Colossians Remixed
Subtitle: Subverting the Empire
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: November 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780830827381
Subjects: Globalization; Religion; Christianity - Theology - Ethics; Bible.; Religious aspects; Religion - Biblical Studies; N.T.; N.T; Colossians; Biblical Studies - New Testament; Bible - Study - New Testament; Rome in the Bible; Christian Ministry - Discipleship; Christian Theology - Ethics; Social scientific criticism; Bible; Christianity
First sentence: By some reckonings, the twentieth century had already ended in some parts of the world as we sat in a pub with William on December 31, 1999.
Description: 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.