Unveiling Empire Christian Living_ Biography & Autobiography the body of Christ

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"Black theology comes of age in this work

Unveiling Empire Christian Living_ Biography & Autobiography the body of ChristThe two authors of this volume both committed Christians and social activists are not interested in the idea of apocalypse as an end of the world phenomenon. Rather, they conclude, St. John's book was a call to "the followers of Jesus in the cities of Roman Asia [the audience for the Revelation] to continue the nonviolent witness practiced by Jesus. This is how the disciples were to live in the midst of empire." In short, "Revelation is a call to have