Silence and praise : rhetorical cosmology and political theology in the Book of Revelation
(2014)
Nonfiction
eBook
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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Fortress Press, 2014
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1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9781451484427 (electronic bk.) MWT14298269, 1451484429 (electronic bk.) 14298269
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
In Silence and Praise, Ryan Leif Hansen begins with the premise that cosmology is a central focus in John's Apocalypse. However, John's intention in reflecting theologically on the nature, existence, and destiny of the created world is not in order to explicate a stable system. Rather, John's cosmological thought is, employed for persuasive purposes as an ethical and political critique of Roman imperial cultic discourse. Hansen seeks to read the contours of John's "rhetorical cosmology" and to understand the theological and political implications of its strategy
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