Luke-Acts - Texts@ContextsPevná vazba
Luke-Acts - Texts@ContextsPevná vazba This volume on Luke-Acts as with all titles in the Texts@Contexts series highlights readings that make explicit the diverse contemporary contexts of biblical…
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Luke-Acts - Texts@ContextsPevná vazba
This volume on Luke-Acts as with all titles in the Texts@Contexts series highlights readings that make explicit the diverse contemporary contexts of biblical interpreters. The first examines interpretations of Jesus, looking at his childhood, contemporary context, and his teaching - including whether Jesus' sympathetic response to disease and pain might be used to advocate euthanasia. The global spread of contributors includes scholarly voices from South Africa, South America and Hong Kong, as well as from the United States.The chapters are organized around four themes.
The third examines issues of empire and resistance. The second examines social categories: gender, race, and class, including a political and racialized reading of the history of diasporic Black America as a model for reading Acts as a diasporic history. The final part looks at society and spirituality, with a