Render to Caesar (Hardcover)

Christopher Bryan

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Sprache: Englisch

Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc, New York, 2005

0195183347 / 9780195183344

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Hardcover. At the end of the 20th century, "postcolonialism" described the effort to understand the experience of those who had lived under colonial rule. This kind of thinking has inevitably brought about a reexamination of the rise of Christianity, which took place under Roman colonial rule. How did Rome look from the viewpoint of an ordinary Galilean in the first century of the Christian era? What should this mean for our own understanding of and relationship to Jesus ofNazareth? In the past, Jesus was often "depoliticized," treated as a religious teacher imparting timeless truths for all people. Now, however, many scholars see Jesus as a political leader whose goalwas independence from Roman rule so that the people could renew their traditional way of life under the rule of God. In Render to Caesar, Christopher Bryan reexamines the attitude of the early Church toward imperial Rome. Choosing a middle road, he asserts that Jesus and the early Christians did indeed have a critique of the Roman superpower -- a critique that was broadly in line with the entire biblical and prophetic tradition. One cannot worship the biblical God, the God of Israel,he argues, and not be concerned about justice in the here and now. On the other hand, the biblical tradition does not challenge human power structures by attempting to dismantle them or replace them with otherpower structures. Instead, Jesus' message consistently confronts such structures with the truth about their origin and purpose. Their origin is that God permits them. Their purpose is to promote God's peace and justice. Power is understood as a gift from God, a gift that it is to be used to serve God's will and a gift that can be taken away by God when misused. Render to Caesar transforms our understanding of early Christians and their relationship to Rome and demonstrates how Jesus'teaching continues to challenge those who live under structures of government quite different from those that would have been envisaged by the authors of the New Testament. Examines the attitude of the early Church towards imperial Rome. This work states that Jesus and the early Christians did have a critique of the Roman superpower - a critique that was in line with the entire biblical and prophetic tradition. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

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Titel
Render to Caesar (Hardcover)
Autor
Christopher Bryan
Verlag
Oxford University Press Inc, New York
Erscheinungsjahr
2005
Zustand
new
Einband
Hardcover
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN-10
0195183347
ISBN-13
9780195183344

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