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- Title
THE POLITICS OF EPHESIANS AND THE EMPIRE: ACCOMMODATION OR RESISTANCE?
- Authors
Gupta, Nijay K.; Long, Fredrick J.
- Abstract
The article examines the political language used by apostle Paul in the book of Ephesians. In contrary to the conception that the text reflects Paul's conformation to the structures and values of the Roman Empire, it argues that the book of Ephesians shows various signs of counter-imperial resistance by promoting the creation of an alternative political identity in the church assembly that focuses on Jesus Christ as the only Lord. Moreover, it contends that Ephesians criticizes the Roman imperial ideology as well as the predominant social values.
- Subjects
ROME; BIBLE. Ephesians; POLITICS in the Bible; PAUL, the Apostle, Saint; IMPERIALISM; CHURCH; JESUS Christ; POLITICAL doctrines; SOCIAL values
- Publication
Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity & Judaism, 2010, Vol 7, p112
- ISSN
1467-1085
- Publication type
Article