Nonviolent Apocalypse - Revelation''s Nonviolent Resistance Against Rome

In The Nonviolent Apocalypse, Jeffrey D. Meyers argues that Revelation's famously violent visions are actually acts of nonviolent resistance to the Roman Empire. Using insights from biblical studies and scholarship on nonviolence, Meyers shows how Revelation both engages in and calls for acts of nonviolent resistance.

List of contents

Introduction: The Nonviolent Apocalypse
Part One: Revelation's Use of Nonviolence
1. Revelation as Resistance Literature
2. Jesus and the Cross: Promoting a New Kind of Power
3. Worship and Song: Preparing for Resistance
4. Visions of Destruction: Imagining the End of Empire
5. The New Jerusalem: Envisioning Another Way
Part Two: Revelation's Call for Nonviolent Resistance
6. How to Resist an Empire
7. Enduring Resistance: Living Faithfully
8. Noncooperation: Refusing to Conform
9. Witness: Proclaiming Opposition
Part Three: When Revelation Isn't Nonviolent
10. Dreams of Death and Destruction: Violent Language
11. From Balaam to the Beast: Dehumanizing Opponents
Conclusion: Revelation and Resistance

About the author

Jeffrey D. Meyers (Ph.D., The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago) teaches Peace, Justice, and Conflict Studies at DePaul University and Religious Studies at Gonzaga University.

Summary

In The Nonviolent Apocalypse, Jeffrey D. Meyers argues that Revelation’s famously violent visions are actually acts of nonviolent resistance to the Roman Empire. Using insights from biblical studies and scholarship on nonviolence, Meyers shows how Revelation both engages in and calls for acts of nonviolent resistance.

Product details

• Authors: Jeffrey D. Meyers
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9781978708341
• ISBN: 978-1-978708-34-1
• No. of pages: 200
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Peace studies & conflict resolution, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / New Testament / Revelation, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Criticism & Exegesis Of Sacred Texts