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"Come Out My People!"

God's Call Out of Empire in the Bible and Beyond

By: Wes Howard-Brook

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"Come Out My People!"

God's Call Out of Empire in the Bible and Beyond

By: Wes Howard-Brook

A compelling view of two competing religious visions---one of "creation" and the other of "empire"---that run throughout the Bible. "A remarkable offering for those who care about the interface of power and faith with all the threats and seductions that go with it. . . As I read, I felt overwhelmed, both by the mass of data and by the cunning of interpretation. I could not put it down, and expect to continue to be instructed by it.---Walter Brueggemann "Howard-Brook undertakes what few dare anymore: an introductory primer for the whole Bible...This book invites disciples to `connect the dots', in order to recover our ancient, anti-imperial identity, and to embrace a radical faith and practice that are personal and politica."---Ched Myers "Howard-Brook illuminates how ancient empires exercised control and manipulation of people not simply by political and military means, but also through the religion of empire. Throughout he makes clear that the core message of the God of creation is to call people out of empire, to refuse to cooperate with the forces of destruction and domination today."---Richard Horsley "Will become a classic for communities that seek first to receive the gracious gift of God's alternative future to Empire."---Jarrod McKenna "If we who sojourn in America are to be a community that can both name and resist the lure of Empire, we need a story more powerful than the story called America. Wes Howard-Brook knows than the Bible tells such a story. May its story be ours as we're set free from our imperial imaginations to dream with our Creator of a new world here and now."---Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

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1608331547

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9781608331543

Becoming Children of God

John's Radical Gospel and Radical Discipleship

By: Wes Howard-Brook

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Becoming Children of God

John's Radical Gospel and Radical Discipleship

By: Wes Howard-Brook

Becoming Children of God' offers a fresh and original commentary on the Gospel of John as a narrative inviting readers -- both in the evangelist's time and our own -- to a radical commitment to follow Jesus from within a spirit-filled community. This reading is grounded in a "poetics of biblical narrative" that balances attention to historical, ideological, and aesthetic aspects of John's Gospel while highlighting its relevance for today. By committing himself to a close analysis of the text as "symbolic action" Howard-Brook makes it clear how John's Gospel fairly bristles with references to societal conditions that demand a direct response. Throughout the commentary, his close attention to literary structure as well as social background yields new insights into the often-obscure message of the Fourth Gospel.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1592444016

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9781592444014

Empire Baptized

How the Church Embraced What Jesus Rejected 2nd - 5th Centuries

By: Howard-Brook, Wes

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Empire Baptized

How the Church Embraced What Jesus Rejected 2nd - 5th Centuries

By: Howard-Brook, Wes

Through a study of the early church, this book shows how Christianity in effect opted for the religion of empire, shifting the emphasis of Jesus's prophetic message from transforming the world to the aim of saving one's soul.

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1608336581

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9781608336586

Unveiling Empire

Reading Revelation Then and Now

By: Wes Howard-Brook,Anthony Gwyther

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Unveiling Empire

Reading Revelation Then and Now

By: Wes Howard-Brook,Anthony Gwyther

Confused by "end of the world" readings or put off by the dense and mysterious imagery, many readers hesitate to explore the Book of Revelation. Unveiling Empire offers a new entree into this troubling and controversial book of the Bible by examining the roots and social purposes of apocalyptic literature and Revelations own use of traditional imagery. In this way the authors provide readers with the tools for deciphering the texts message--and its urgent applications for Christians today living amidst a new kind of "empire.

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1608331555

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