World Upside Down
Author | : C. Kavin Rowe |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 311 |
Release | : 2011-02-10 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780199767618 |
ISBN-10 | : 0199767610 |
Rating | : 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Download or read book World Upside Down written by C. Kavin Rowe and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-02-10 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No longer can Acts be seen as a simple apologia that articulates Christianity's harmlessness vis-à-vis Rome. Rather, in its attempt to form communities that witness to God's apocalypse, author Kavin Rowe argues that Luke's second volume is a highly charged and theologically sophisticated political document. Luke aims at nothing less than the construction of a new culture - a total pattern of life - that inherently runs counter to the constitutive aspects of Graeco-Roman society.