The New Testament as political documents
The political nature of the NT documents is carefully hidden away in the folds of a centuries-long tradition of Christianising and spiritualising the NT (and the Bible overall). The depoliticisation and demilitarisation of the NT works hand in glove with a long history of its dejudaising and equally...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Univ.
[2017]
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Scriptura <Stellenbosch>
Year: 2017, Volume: 116, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-15 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Demilitarization
/ Political alienation
/ Segregation (Sociology)
/ Spirituality
/ New Testament
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| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion HC New Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity |
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| Summary: | The political nature of the NT documents is carefully hidden away in the folds of a centuries-long tradition of Christianising and spiritualising the NT (and the Bible overall). The depoliticisation and demilitarisation of the NT works hand in glove with a long history of its dejudaising and equally long ghettoising of the Bible through narrow spiritual interpretation, obscuring or blurring its socio-political nature. |
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| ISSN: | 2305-445X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Scriptura |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.7833/116-1-1280 |