The power of the word
Scripture and the rhetoric of empire
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Author
Publication
2007 - Fortress Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Language
English
Word Count
70,000 words, Guess
Page Count
280 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100800638336
- ISBN-100800638344
- ISBN-139780800638337
- ISBN-139780800638344
- Goodreads1050551', '1670618
and 4 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2007031009
- OCLC Control Number150373962
- Better World Books9780800638344
- Open LibraryOL18510019M
Classifications
- DDC220.601
- LCCBS538.7 .S38 2007
- LCCBS538.7.S38 2007
Description
What kind of power does scripture exercise? In The Power of the Word, Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza, a scholar of feminist biblical interpretation and early Christian history, explores this difficult hermeneutical question. Because Christian scriptures were formulated in the context of Roman imperial power, they have functioned-and still do so-in the service of empire, legitimating colonialist expansion, racist exploitation, and heterosexist discrimination. Schussler Fiorenza calls for a critical feminist decolonizing reading, capable of identifying both the destructive powers of empire and the radical democratic visions of justice and well being that are inscribed in the scriptural text. The Power of the Word makes a contribution not only to traditional fields such as Pauline and Apocalypse studies, but also to the developing intersection of feminist and postcolonial biblical studies and the study of empire.
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