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Acts of empire : the Acts of the Apostles and imperial ideology / Christina Peterson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Petterson, Christina, author.
- Series:
- Critical theory & biblical studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Acts--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 102 pages).
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, [2020]
- Summary:
- "This book examines New Testament studies and cultural theory, and analyzes Acts of the Apostles as a product of imperial discourse. In five chapters, Christina Petterson engages Acts with ideology, gender, class, and empire with different emphases. All of these analyses argue that Christianity can never be set outside discourses of exploitation, discrimination, and hierarchies, but must always be set within them"--Page 4 of cover.
- Contents:
- Notes to self
- The reign of the Phallus
- When in Rome ...
- Dissecting language acts
- The nature of Acts
- Epilogue : violence, empire and the constitution of the western subject.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781532676321
- 1532676328
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