Reading scripture as a political act : essays on the theopolitical interpretation of the Bible / Matthew A. Tapie and Daniel Wade McClain, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tapie, Matthew A., editor.

McClain, Daniel Wade, editor.

JSTOR (Organization)

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Politics in the Bible.

Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc--History.

Bible.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 321 pages.)

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, [2015]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This volume explores the political character of premodern and modern readings of scripture with attention to how these relate to or address political challenges in social and historical contexts. Essays here also offer constructive models of reading scripture that can inform the contemporary task of political scriptural interpretation. From the earliest Christian centuries to the present day, this volume considers the close coordination between scripture, theology, and social and political concerns, providing a robust survey of Christian theopolitical scripture interpretation.

Contents:

Foreword / Stephen E. Fowl

Introduction

1. Empires and enemies : re-reading lament as politics / Rebekah Eklund

2. The politics of friendship in the Gospel of John / Peter Dula

3. "Before the eyes of their own God" : Susanna, rape law, and testimony in City of God 1.19 / Melanie Webb

4. The politics of fasting in Basil of Caesarea / Mark DelCogliano

5. Contemplating Genesis 1 as a political act in late antiquity / Daniel Wade McClain

6. The apocalyptic figure of Francis's stigmatized body : the politics of scripture in Bonaventure's meditative treatises /. Travis E. Ables

7. "For he is our peace" : Thomas Aquinas on Christ as cause of peace in the City of Saints / Matthew A. Tapie

8. War and the ethics of evangelization : the Great Commission in Sixteenth-century Spanish political thought ./ David M. Lantigua

9. The unexceptional king : political theology in Shakespeare's Richard II / Anthony D. Baker

10. Ressourcement and resistance : la nouvelle theologie, the fathers, and the Bible, against fascism / Kevin L. Hughes

11. Inhabiting scripture : Wesley's theopolitical reading of the Bible / D. Stephen Long

12. The scriptural logic of Barmen and the Jewish question / Susannah Ticciati

13. The end of sacrifice : John Howard Yoder's critique of capital punishment / John C. Nugent

14. A broken body reads Mark / Craig Hovey.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781506401492

150640149X

Publisher Number:

40025472382

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.