RT Book
T1 The nonviolent Apocalypse: Revelation's nonviolent resistance against Rome
A1 Meyers, Jeffrey D. 1988-
LA English
PP Lanham
PB Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
YR 2021
ED 1st ed.
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1884882579
AB In The Nonviolent Apocalypse, Jeffrey D. Meyers argues that Revelation's famously violent visions are actually acts of nonviolent resistance to the Roman Empire. Using insights from biblical studies and scholarship on nonviolence, Meyers shows how Revelation both engages in and calls for acts of nonviolent resistance.
AB Cover -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Revelation's Use of Nonviolence -- Revelation as Resistance Literature -- Jesus and the Cross -- Worship and Song -- Visions of Destruction -- The New Jerusalem -- Revelation's Call for Nonviolent Resistance -- How to Resist an Empire -- Enduring Resistance -- Noncooperation -- Witness -- When Revelation Isn't Nonviolent -- Dreams of Death and Destruction -- From Balaam to the Beast -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Subject Index -- Scripture Index -- About the Author.
OP 201
NO Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
CN 228.06
SN 978-1-9787-0835-8
K1 Bible.-Revelation-Criticism, interpretation, etc
K1 Nonviolence-Biblical teaching
K1 Government, Resistance to-Biblical teaching