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Politics of Heaven

Politics of Heaven

Paperback

Series: Paul in Critical Contexts

Bible StudiesGeneral Gender Studies

ISBN10: 1451488041
ISBN13: 9781451488043
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishing
Published: Apr 1 2014
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.49 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

In this provocative study, Joseph A. Marchal argues that biblical interpretation, but most especially Pauline studies, must engage the full range of critical challenges brought by feminist studies, postcolonial studies, and Roman imperial studies. A feminist, postcolonial analysis requires negotiating the gaps, overlaps, and tensions between these three strands by adopting an explicitly multi-axial focus and an interdisciplinary methodology. Using Philippians as a test case, the analysis covers issues of both ancient and contemporary import: from imitation and authority to travel and contact. As a result, Marchal provides strikingly new perspectives on Paul's letters and fresh challenges to the paradigms of Pauline interpretation.

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