Colossians Remixed
I’m reading through Colossians Remixed: Subverting the Empire whilst preaching through Paul’s first century letter at [theBridge], which began last Sunday, July 19th. Upon encouragement from a close friend, I purchased the book years ago (like so many others on my shelf), but sadly, am only now reading it.
So far, the married duo Walsh and Keesmaat have quite creatively engaged their purpose, as stated in the preface:
The epistle to the Colossians, we are arguing, was an explosive and subversive tract in the context of the Roman empire, and it can and ought to function in an analogous way in the imperial realities of our time. This letter proclaimed an alternative vision of reality, animating a way of life that was subversive to the ethos of the Roman empire. We believe that Paul’s letter to the Colossians will only be read with integrity in our time when the radical vision of Christian faith encountered in this text engenders a similarly alternative way of life in our midst.
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