In this work, Robert Royalty convincingly challenges traditional views of the Book of Revelation (the Apocalypse of John). First, Royalty contends that Revelation was written in response to a power struggle within the Christian community. This is diametric to the traditional notion that the Apocalypse was occasioned by persecution or at least by attempts to ostracize Christians from the cultural mainstream. Then, Royalty's conclusion that Revelation reflects the dominant ideology of wealth in first-century Greco-Roman society runs counter to the findings of much contemporary scholarship which routinely reads in the Apocalypse the judgment/justice of God over against the injustices of society.

The Streets of Heaven: The Ideology of Wealth in the Apocalypse of John

Robert M. Royalty, Jr.

Religion & Spirituality

Mercer University Press

In his praise for Part I of Upbuilding Discourses in Various Spirits, the eminent Kierkegaard scholar Eduard Geismar said, "I am of the opinion that nothing of what he has written is to such a degree before the face of God. Anyone who really wants to understand Kierkegaard does well to begin with it." These discourses, composed after Kierkegaard had initially intended to end his public writing career, constitute the first work of his "second authorship."
 Characterized by Kierkegaard as ethical-ironic, Part One, "Purity of Heart Is to Will One Thing," offers a penetrating discussion of double-mindedness and ethical integrity. Part Two, "What We Learn from the Lilies in the Field and from the Birds of the Air," humorously exposes an inverted qualitative difference between the learner and the teacher. In Part Three, "The Gospel of Sufferings, Christian Discourses," the philosopher explores how joy can come out of suffering.

Upbuilding Discourses in Various Spirits : Kierkegaard's Writings, Vol 15 (Kierkegaard's Writings, 15)

History

Kierkegaard, Søren

Americas

Written by a Carmelite solitary, this introduction to the Order focuses on its early years as a small group of hermits at the time of the Crusades and its development up to the era of the great 16th-century figures, with chapters on Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross.

Land of Carmel

Elizabeth Ruth Obbard

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