{"product_id":"romans-disarmed-resisting-empire-demanding-justice-9781587432842","title":"Romans Disarmed: Resisting Empire, Demanding Justice","description":"Globalization. Homelessness. Ecological and economic crisis. Conflicts over sexuality. Violence. These crisis-level issues may seem unique to our times, but Paul's Letter to the Romans has something to say to all of them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing their successful \u003ci\u003eColossians Remixed\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eSylvia Keesmaat and Brian Walsh unpack the meaning of Romans for its original context and for today. The authors demonstrate how Romans disarms the political, economic, and cultural power of the Roman Empire and how this ancient letter offers hope in today's crisis-laden world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRomans Disarmed \u003c\/i\u003ehelps readers enter the world of ancient Rome and see how Paul's most radical letter transforms the lives of the marginalized then and now. Intentionally avoiding abstract debates about Paul's theology, Keesmaat and Walsh move back and forth between the present and the past as they explore themes of home, economic justice, creation care, the violence of the state, sexuality, and Indigenous reconciliation. They show how Romans engages with the lived reality of those who suffer from injustice, both in the first century and in the midst of our own imperial realities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSylvia C. Keesmaat\u003c\/b\u003e (DPhil, University of Oxford) is adjunct professor of biblical studies at Trinity College and Wycliffe College in Toronto, Ontario, and biblical scholar in residence at St. James Anglican Church in Fenelon Falls. She is the author of \u003ci\u003ePaul and His Story: (Re)Interpreting the Exodus Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Advent of Justice\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian J. Walsh\u003c\/b\u003e (PhD, McGill University) serves as a Christian Reformed campus minister at the University of Toronto and is an adjunct professor of theology at Trinity College and Wycliffe College in Toronto, Ontario. He has written numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eKicking at the Darkness: Bruce Cockburn and the Christian Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKeesmaat and Walsh are coauthors of \u003ci\u003eColossians Remixed: Subverting the Empire\u003c\/i\u003e. They live on a solar-powered permaculture farm in Cameron, Ontario.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Brazos Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50505318826258,"sku":"9781587432842","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cebf3123-adcb-4176-b657-44567167caff.jpg?v=1730837508","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/romans-disarmed-resisting-empire-demanding-justice-9781587432842","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}