The Politics of Salvation
by Dr. Timothy W. Reardon
"Timothy W. Reardon uncovers the Lukan salvation narrative developed within Acts, and its key themes that include its presentation of time and space, while also being attentive to overcoming a facile compartmentalization of religion and politics"--
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Publisher Description
Timothy W. Reardon uncovers thesalvation narrative developed within Luke-Acts and its key themes as they develop within the Lukan presentation of time and space, while being attentive to overcoming a facile compartmentalization of religion and politics. Reardon argues that Luke-Acts offers a complete, holistic, embodied, and theopolitical soteriology, cosmic in scope, that includes both the what and how of salvation.In contrast to recent arguments for some form of vicarious expiation in Luke-Acts, Reardon instead suggests that Luke-Acts' presentation of salvation — though exhibiting elements of multiple atonement models — noticeably takes a Christus Victor form, using Irenaeus's Christus Victorparadigm in particular as a point of comparison. Throughout this book, Reardon repeatedly demonstrates that Lukan soteriology is political, examining Jesus' role as herald of God's kingdom, the salvific space of heaven and the Church, and the mission of salvation. Reardon concludes that Luke-Acts is a theopolitical salvation unfolding in space, aiming toward the reconciliation of all things.
Author Biography
Timothy W. Reardon is Affiliate Assistant Professor of New Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary, USA.
Table of Contents
PrefaceAcknowledgementsAbbreviations 1. Defining Spaces: Religion, Politics, and Luke-Acts2. An Inbreaking Salvation (Luke 1:68-79)3. Jesus, Herald of God's Kingdom (Luke 4:18-19)4. Heaven Invading: The Holy Spirit, Church, and Salvific Space (Acts 1-2)5. The Mission of Salvation and Historical Recurrence (Acts 13:16-52)ConclusionBibliography
Review
Reardon's work advances the discourse on Lukan soteriology by redefining religion and politics as complex spaces and by directing attention to less-investigated areas of political salvation in Luke-Acts. * Review of Biblical Literature *
Promotional
This book offers a new paradigm for Lukan soteriology and atonement, that overcomes modern delineations of religion and politics and identifies an embodied, spatial, and theopolitical salvation.
Promotional "Headline"
This book offers a new paradigm for Lukan soteriology and atonement, that overcomes modern delineations of religion and politics and identifies an embodied, spatial, and theopolitical salvation.
Feature
Offers a distinct method, via narrative approach, of assessing the elements and development of salvation in Luke-Acts that seeks to avoid imposing foreign theological criteria
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