Unveiling Empire <subTitle>Reading Revelation Then and Now</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Brook, Wes Howard</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Co-Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="corporate"> <namePart>Wes Howard-Brook, Anthony Gwyther</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">7:4</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Orbis Books</publisher> <dateIssued>2002</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>313tr.</extent> <extent>paperback, illustration</extent> <extent>24 cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>Many people are putt off from reading the book of Revelation because they have been confused by end of the world readings or by the text's mysterious imagery. Unveiling Empire breaks through this impasse by examining the roots and social purposes of apocalyptic literature, and the text's use of traditional imagery, thereby providing tools for understanding Revelation's message for christians today living amidst the power and seductions of empire.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Wes Howard-Brook, Anthony Gwyther</note> <subject> <topic>Bible NT Revelation -- Commentaries -- Revelation</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Imperialism</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">228.06</classification> <classification authority="ddc">B871-W51</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9781570752872</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14960/78.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14960/78.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2024-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071426.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>