Roland Boer

Rescuing the Bible (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

What is the future for the Bible, one of the most important books in the world? In this manifesto, Roland Boer explores the idea that the Bible is an unruly and uncontrollable text that has been colonized by church, synagogue, and state.

• Powerfully argues that the Bible needs to be rescued from its abuse by the religious and political right
• Considers the history of revolutionary readings of the Bible, from Gerrard Winstanley to the present
• Urges a role for the Bible in a new "worldly left": an alliance between the religious and secular left that can promote more progressive readings of the text
• Concludes by offering a "political myth" from the Bible that condemns oppression, imagines a better society and celebrates the biblical themes of opposition and chaos.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470765814
• Artikelnr.: 38198458

Autorenporträt

Roland Boer is Reader in the Centre for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies at Monash University in Australia. He has written seven books on biblical, political and philosophical subjects.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface.
Introduction.
1. The New Secularism.
2. The Worldly Left: Towards a Politics of Alliance.
3. Bad Conscience: Battles Over the Bible.
4. (Ab)using the Text: Conflicts in Politics and Science.
5. Making All Things New: The Revolutionary Legacy of the Bible.
6. Rescuing the Bible.
Conclusion.
Notes.
References.
Index of Subjects.
Index of Biblical References

Rezensionen

"This is a welcome addition to Blackwell's new Manifestos series."(Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, June2009)

"Rescuing the Bible is deeply thoughtful and provocative, and itdeserves to be widely read and
discussed by both scholars and layfolk, believers and nonbelievers,on the left and the right."
(Biblical Interpretation, April 2010)

"There is an important focus here on how the bible can be readwith an appropriate theological suspicion which will seek todiscern how it can become life-giving while not ignoring itsoppressive potential." (European Journal of Theology, April2009)"I have dreamed of a project like this, a project of our time thatwould offer a manifesto to those of us who refuse to allow theBible to be co-opted and controlled by right-wing and reactionaryforces."
-Gerald West, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal

"Roland Boer presents a lively, thoughtful, and compelling callfor an alliance of the secular and religious left to take back theBible from the religious and political right. In a brilliantanalysis of both the current political landscape and thedevelopment and use of the Bible, he illuminates the liberativeeffects and potential at the core of the Bible."
-Richard Horsley, University of Massachusetts