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Colossians Remixed: Subverting The Empire (Paperback)

by Brian J. Walsh (Author), Sylvia C. Keesmaat (Author)

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Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Intervarsity Press (November 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0830827382
ISBN-13: 978-0830827381
Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 15.2 x 2 cm
Shipping Weight: 250 g

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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Have we really heard the message of Colossians? Is this New Testament book just another religious text whose pretext is an ideological grab for dominating power? Reading Colossians in context, ancient and contemporary, can perhaps give us new ears to hear.In this innovative and refreshing book Brian J. Walsh and Sylvia C. Keesmaat explain our own sociocultural context to then help us get into the world of the New Testament and get a sense of the power of the gospel as it addressed those who lived in Colossae two thousand years ago. Their reading presents us with a radical challenge from the apostle Paul for today. Drawing together biblical scholarship with a passion for authentic lives that embody the gospel, this groundbreaking interpretation of Colossians provides us with tools to subvert the empire of our own context in a way that acknowledges the transforming power of Jesus Christ.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Read this Book!, April 16 2005

By	Christopher Hansen (Bowen Island, BC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I am another person who has only great things to say about this book. This is my first Amazon book review and I decided to write it because I would love to see people buy and read this book. I can be described as having been an "out of church Christian" and have struggled for many years over the form of Christianity that too often sells the Gospel and use Christ as a tool to win converts. I am also as an individual wedged between Modernity and Post-Modernity. There are a lot of books that have come out in recent years that tackle suck questions, but I have found this to be head and shoulders the best for a couple of reasons. First it uses scripture almost exclusively to form its thesis. It is at the core a Bible commentary. Whlile the post-modern in me does want to throw off reason as an idol, I do not trust paths that are forged outside of scripture as a base. It also does not cherry pick scripture to come to a conslusion that the authors want to assert, the conversation comes straight out of Colossians. Their view comes out of Colossians rather than down on Colossians.

Second and most importaintly the "answer" the authors point to is Christ. It sounds trite, but if you have read Colossians it is rather obvious. The man Jesus is the one who made everything and is the one in whom all tings hold together. Now that is a huge thing to wrap your brain around and I have not found many authors who have tried to tackle it seriously and practically for us who are living in the curent day.

It is a great book to read together with others. It is a rather sophisticated book and it is not the easiest of reads. We have started a Bible study on Colossians around it and it has been very good.

I also find it very interesting that this book was written by Canadians.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Thought-provoking and stimulating, Jul 22 2005

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A great read and also a great introduction to some of the key issues related to first-century Empire and its parallel today.

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