Caesar and the Sacrament: Baptism: A Rite of Resistance - Softcover

Streett, R. Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1498228402 ISBN 13: 9781498228404

Verlag: Cascade Books, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

When the earliest Christ-followers were baptized they participated in a politically subversive act. Rejecting the Empire's claim that it had a divine right to rule the world, they pledged their allegiance to a kingdom other than Rome and a king other than Caesar (Acts 17:7). Many books explore baptism from doctrinal or theological perspectives, and focus on issues such as the correct mode of baptism, the proper candidate for baptism, who has the authority to baptize, and whether or not baptism is a symbol or means of grace. By contrast, Caesar and the Sacrament investigates the political nature of baptism. Very few contemporary Christians consider baptism's original purpose or political significance. Only by studying baptism in its historical context, can we discover its impact on first-century believers and the adverse reaction it engendered among Roman and Jewish officials. Since baptism was initially a rite of non-violent resistance, what should its function be today?

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R. Alan Streett (PhD, University of Wales) is Senior Research Professor of Biblical Exegesis and the W. A. Criswell Endowed Chair of Expository Preaching at Criswell College, Dallas, Texas.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Cascade Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1498228402
• ISBN 13: 9781498228404
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 202
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