Sympathy for Jonah: Reflections on Humiliation, Terror and the Politics of Enemy-Love - Couverture rigide

Blower, David Benjamin

 
9781498237291: Sympathy for Jonah: Reflections on Humiliation, Terror and the Politics of Enemy-Love
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ISBN 10 : 1498237290 ISBN 13 : 9781498237291
Editeur : Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2016

Synopsis

The story of Jonah is sacred to all three Abrahamic faiths and remains a recognizable legend even in the most secularized corners of the West. And yet the maritime prophet's story has been trivialized as a quaint children's tale, his character has been blasted by unsympathetic commentators, and even his alleged tomb has now been destroyed by Islamic State militants who, in 2014, took the city of Mosul on the Nineveh Plains. Now that Nineveh is once again in the grip of tyrannical violence and communities across the West and the Middle East are deep in a time of discord and soul-searching, we might do well to recover the story of Jonah, a guiding light, who marches into the very heart of empire and confronts it with the radical politics of the kingdom of God, even as his own certainties are shaken to the core.

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À propos des auteurs

David Benjamin Blower is a writer, musician, and theological agitator from Birmingham, UK. He is a prolific recording artist and the author of Kingdom vs. Empire (2013).

Ched Myers is an activist theologian and New Testament expositor working with peace and justice issues. He is a popular educator, animating scripture and literacy in historic and current social change movements. Myers has published over a hundred articles and eight books, including Binding the Strong Man: A Political Reading of Mark's Story of Jesus (Orbis, 1988). He and his partner Elaine Enns are ecumenical Mennonites who codirect Bartimaeus Cooperative Ministries (www.bcm-net.org), based in the Ventura River Watershed of southern California in traditional Chumash territory.

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Éditeur
Wipf & Stock Publishers
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1498237290
ISBN 13 
9781498237291
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
76
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9781498237277: Sympathy for Jonah: Reflections on Humiliation, Terror and the Politics of Enemy-Love

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1498237274 ISBN 13 :  9781498237277
Editeur : Resource Publications, 2016
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