From Every People and Nation: The Book of Revelation in Intercultural Perspective

by David Rhoads

Publisher:

Fortress Press

, 2005

Overview

A diverse group of New Testament scholars and theologians offer myriad paths to a better understanding of the Book of Revelation. They discuss topics such as Hispanic / Cuban American and African American perspectives, ecological issues, postcolonial themes, and liberation theology. The book also provides a set of guidelines for intercultural Bible study.

Key Features

• Offers myriad paths to a better understanding of the Book of Revelation
• Provides a set of guidelines for intercultural Bible study
• Discusses ecological issues, postcolonial themes, and liberation theology

Contents

• Introduction
• The Witness of Active Resistancea: The Ethics of Revelation in African American Perspective
Brian K. Blount
• Revelation: Clarity and Ambivalence: A Hispanic/Cuban American Perspective
Justo L. González
• Coming Out of Babylon: A First-World Reading of Revelation among Immigrants
Harry O. Maier
• Polishing the Unclouded Mirror: A Womanist Reading of Revelation 18:13
Clarice J. Martin
• Power and Worship: Revelation in African Perspective
James Chukwuma Okoye
• The Heroine and the Whore: The Apocalypse of John in Feminist Perspective
Tina Pippin
• Reading the Apocalypse: Resistance, Hope, and Liberation in Central America
Pablo Richard
• For the Healing of the World: Reading Revelation Ecologically
Barbara R. Rossing
• Revelation 13: Between the Colonial and the Postcolonial, a Reading from Brazil
Vitor Westhelle
• Hope for the Persecuted, Cooperation with the State, and Meaning for the Dissatisfied: Three Readings of Revelation from a Chinese Context
K.-K. (Khiok-khng) Yeo
• Intercultural Bible Study: Three Principles
• Intercultural Bible Study: Some Suggestions for Group Interaction
• Reading Profile: Cultural Identity/Social Location/ Personal Perspectives
• From Every People and Nation: A Study Guide for Ten Sessions of Two Hours

Contributors

• Brian K. Blount
• Justo González
• Harry O. Maier
• Clarice J. Martin
• James Okoye
• Tina Pippin
• Pablo Richard
• Barbara R. Rossing
• Vítor Westhelle
• Khiok-Khng Yeo

Product Details

• Title: From Every People and Nation: The Book of Revelation in Intercultural Perspective
• Author: David Rhoads
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Print Publication Date: 2005
• Logos Release Date: 2022
• Pages: 277
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subject: Bible. N.T. Revelation › Criticism, interpretation, etc
• ISBNs: 0800637216, 9780800637217
• Resource ID: LLS:VRYPPLNTPRSPCTV
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T03:40:13Z

About David Rhoads

David Rhoads is emeritus professor of New Testament at the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago. He is coauthor of Characterization in the Gospels: Reconceiving Narrative Criticism and The Season of Creation: A Preaching Commentary and author of The Challenge of Diversity: The Witness of Paul in the Gospels.