Liberal Hermeneutics of the Spectacular in the Study of the New Testament and the Roman Empire

Since 9/11, there has been a surge in interest in the topic of violence both among scholars of religion and in the humanities more broadly. This article suggests that such works operate with a "hermeneutics of the spectacular" that functions to legitimate the liberal status quo by concentr...

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Main Author: Zeichmann, Christopher B. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: [2019]
In: Method & theory in the study of religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 31, Issue: 2, Pages: 152-183
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Science of Religion / Violence / Das Extreme / Hermeneutics / New Testament
IxTheo Classification:AA Study of religion
AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
HC New Testament
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B Bourdieu
B Althusser
B Zizek
B politics of interpretation
B Violence
B New Testament scholarship
B Ideology
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