Reading Scripture as a Political Act: Essays on the Theopolitical Interpretation of the Bible
Pages
224
Publisher
Fortress Press
Published
10/15/2015
ISBN-13
9781451479638
This volume explores the political character of premodern and modern readings of Scripture with attention to how these relate to or address political challenges in social and historical contexts. Essays here also offer constructive models of reading Scripture that can inform the contemporary task of political scriptural interpretation. From the earliest Christian centuries to the present day, this volume considers the close coordination between Scripture, theology, and social and political concerns, providing a robust survey of Christian theopolitical Scripture interpretation.
- Contents:
- Foreword—Stephen E. Fowl
- Introduction—Matthew A. Tapie and Daniel Wade McClain
- 1. Empire and Enemies: Rereading Lament as a Political Act—Rebekah Eklund
- 2. The Politics of Friendship in the Gospel of John—Peter Dula
- 3. “Before the Eyes of Their Own God”: Susanna, Rape Law, and Testimony in Augustine’s City of God—Melanie Webb
- 4. The Politics of Fasting in Basil of Caesarea—Mark DelCogliano
- 5. Contemplating Genesis 1 as a Political Act in Late Antiquity—Daniel Wade McClain
- 6. The Apocalyptic Figure of Francis’s Stigmatized Body: The Politics of Scripture in Bonaventure’s Meditative Treatises—Travis E. Ables
- 7. “For He Is Our Peace”: Thomas Aquinas on Christ as Cause of Peace in the City of the Saints—Matthew A. Tapie
- 8. War and the Ethics of Evangelization: The Great Commission in Sixteenth-Century Spanish Political Thought—David Lantigua
- 9. The Slanted Page: Shakespeare and Biblical Anarchy—Anthony Baker
- 10. Inhabiting Scripture: Wesley’s Theopolitical Reading of the Bible—D. Stephen Long
- 11. Ressourcement and Resistance: La nouvelle théologie, the Bible, and the Fathers against Fascism—Kevin L. Hughes
- 12. The Political Use of Scripture in the Barmen Declaration—Susannah Ticciati
- 13. The End of Sacrifice: John Howard Yoder’s Critique of Capital Punishment—John Nugent
- 14. A Broken Body Reads Mark—Craig Hovey
Inner Books
This physical volume has several internal sections, each of which has been reviewed independently
- Empire and Enemies: Rereading Lament as a Political Act by Rebekah Eklund
- The Politics of Friendship in the Gospel of John by Peter Dula
- “Before the Eyes of Their Own God”: Susanna, Rape Law, and Testimony in Augustine’s City of God by Melanie Webb
- The Politics of Fasting in Basil of Caesarea by Mark DelCogliano
- Contemplating Genesis 1 as a Political Act in Late Antiquity by Daniel Wade McClain
- The Apocalyptic Figure of Francis’s Stigmatized Body: The Politics of Scripture in Bonaventure’s Meditative Treatises by Travis E. Ables
- “For He Is Our Peace”: Thomas Aquinas on Christ as Cause of Peace in the City of the Saints by Matthew A. Tapie
- War and the Ethics of Evangelization: The Great Commission in Sixteenth-Century Spanish Political Thought by David Lantigua
- The Slanted Page: Shakespeare and Biblical Anarchy by Anthony Baker
- Inhabiting Scripture: Wesley’s Theopolitical Reading of the Bible by D. Stephen Long
- Ressourcement and Resistance: La nouvelle théologie, the Bible, and the Fathers against Fascism by Kevin L. Hughes
- The Political Use of Scripture in the Barmen Declaration by Susannah Ticciati
- The End of Sacrifice: John Howard Yoder’s Critique of Capital Punishment by John C. Nugent
- A Broken Body Reads Mark by Craig Hovey