Thinking Sex With the Great Whore - Deviant Sexualities and Empire in the Book of Revelation

Informationen zum Autor Luis Menéndez-Antuña is Assistant Professor of New Testament at the Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary and at the Graduate Theological Union (Berkeley, California). His interests revolve around Postcolonial, Critical Race and Queer Theories as well as Liberation Hermeneutics. He has published peer-reviewed contributions both in Spanish ( Theologica Xaveriana , Revista de Ciencias de Religiones ) and in English ( Biblical Interpretation , Journal of Religious Ethics , Early Christianity , Critical Research on Religion ). Klappentext Offering an emancipatory reading of Revelation 17-18 using Foucauldian, postcolonial and queer historiographies, this study uses the Great Whore of Babylon to set out alternative paths for identity construction in Biblical texts. Zusammenfassung Offering an emancipatory reading of Revelation 17-18 using Foucauldian, postcolonial and queer historiographies, this study uses the Great Whore of Babylon to set out alternative paths for identity construction in Biblical texts. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Thinking Resistance in the Age of Empire: Ethical Evaluations of the Apocalypse of John 2 Thinking Apocalyptic Resistance in the Age of Empire 3 Thinking Sex with the Whore of Revelation 4 Thinking Sex with the Whore in the Present 5 Conclusion: Manifesting Revelation among the Manifestos

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• Authors: Luis Menendez-Antuna, Luis (Pacific Lutheran Theologica Menendez-Antuna, Luis (Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary Menendez-Antuna, Luis Menéndez-Antuña
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9781138306998
• ISBN: 978-1-138-30699-8
• No. of pages: 134
• Series: Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Biblical Criticism; Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Biblical Criticism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / General, RELIGION / Theology, RELIGION / Christian Theology / Liberation, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / History & Culture, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Prophecy, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, Sociology: sexual relations, Sex and sexuality, social aspects, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, RELIGION / Biblical Commentary / New Testament / General, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / New Testament / General, New Testaments, Biblical Studies & Exegesis