Silence and Praise : Rhetorical Cosmology and Political Theology in the Book of Revelation /

In Silence and Praise, Ryan Leif Hansen begins with the premise that cosmology is a central focus in John’s Apocalypse. However, John’s intention in reflecting theologically on the nature, existence, and destiny of the created world is not in order to explicate a stable system....

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Hansen, Ryan Leif (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2014
Collection:Emerging scholars.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Bible. > Revelation > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Political theology.
Cosmology.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • "The apocalyptic technique" : how John's apocalypse makes meaning
  • The war of worldcraft : John's cosmic rhetoric against Roman imperial cult discourse
  • The three cycles of seven as object of interpretation
  • Silence : the prayerful endurance and non-participation of the saints
  • Praise : narrating the emergence of God's reign and the new creation
  • Silence and praise : economic non-participation and narrating the new creation
  • Toward an apocalyptic political theology
  • Bibliography
  • Index of subjects and names.

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