01649nam a2200325 a 450000500170000000800200001702000180003704100080005508200140006308200130007710000230009010000110011324500270012424500510015124500220020226000110022426000190023526000090025430000110026330000290027430000100030349000300031352007490034365000640109265000290115665000220118565000200120765000300122785600660125720260119071334.02024-04-02 13:27:53  a9780800663001  aeng  a227.06082  bM315-J83  aMarchal, Joseph A.  eAuthor  aThe Politics of Heaven  bWomen, Gender, and Empire in the Study of Paul  cJoseph A. Marchal  aU.S.A.  bFortress Press  c2008  a213tr.  bpaperback, illustrations  c24 cm  aPaul in critical contexts  aIn this provocative study, Joseph A. Marchal argues that biblical interpretation, but most especially Pauline studies, must engage the full range of critical challenges brought by feminist studies, postcolonial studies, and Roman imperial studies. A feminist, postcolonial analysis requires negotiating the gaps, overlaps, and tensions between these three ""strands"" by adopting an explicitly multi-axial focus and an interdisciplinary methodology. Using Philippians as a test case, the analysis covers issues of both ancient and contemporary import: from imitation and authority to travel and contact. As a result, Marchal provides strikingly new perspectives on Paul's letters and fresh challenges to the paradigms of Pauline interpretation.  aBible -- Epistles of Paul -- Criticism, interpretation, etc  aSex -- Biblical teaching  aFeminist theology  aPostcolonialism  aChristianity and politics4 uhttps://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14193/po.jpgyCover Image