Songs of Resistance
R. Alan Streett
Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Religion/Theologie
Beschreibung
Songs of Resistance: Challenging Caesar and Empire examines New Testament hymns in light of their historical and cultural contexts. Such a reading yields new insights. Rather than finding theological truths alone, one also discovers lyrics that contest and defy Rome's "great tradition." The early Christ followers sang songs that opposed the empire's worldview and offered an alternative vision for society. These songs were a first-century equivalent of modern-day protest songs. But instead of marching and singing in the streets, believers gathered in private spaces where they lifted their voices to Jesus and retold the story of his execution as an enemy of the state and how God raised him from the dead to rule over the universe. As they sang, believers were emboldened to remain faithful to Christ and withstand the temptation to comply with the sociopolitical agenda of the empire.
Kundenbewertungen
etc, Criticism, Religion and politics, Hymns, New Testament, Biblical Studies, protest songs, Rome, interpretation, Anti-imperialism, Cult of the emperor, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Early Christian, History of religion, Empire studies, Hymns in the Bible, Religion, Songs of Resistance, Bible New Testament, Christianity, History, R. Alan Streett, worship, Politics in the Bible, Politics and State, In the Bible, NT theology