Rereading Revelation
Theology, Ethics, and Resistance
- Biblical Studies & Commentaries
- Publisher: Eerdmans
- Published: 2025
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Publisher's Description
A fresh theological encounter with the book of Revelation, informed by contemporary concerns and reading strategies Greg Carey, a respected scholar of the New Testament and apocalyptic literature, shows how Revelation can speak meaningfully to today’s readers. He highlights themes in Revelation that resonate powerfully in our current era: the person of Jesus, hope in the face of death and adversity, resistance, authority, violence, gender, wealth, and more. In so doing, Carey invites readers to reconsider old assumptions about the book of Revelation and reread the text with openness to new and surprisingly contemporary insights. Students, teachers, and pastors will find much to ponder and discuss here. Readers will come away with a deeper understanding of Revelation’s unique voice within the New Testament; an improved ability to articulate concerns and problems they may have with Revelation; and the resources they need to engage this complex book of the Bible in constructive and life-giving ways. Simply put, Carey’s Rereading Revelation is a paradigm-changing book.
Endorsements (3)
“This is the book on Revelation we need now. Bringing contemporary issues and thinking into conversation with the first-century world of John, Greg Carey offers scholars, students, pastors, and anyone interested in Christian tradition a thoughtful and readable guide to a book that has been used and abused for millennia. Carey’s reading of Revelation is equally critical and compassionate, taking the text’s call to resistance seriously while not letting it off the hook for the misogynistic and violent messages it voices. This is a really great book!”
“Lucid. Judicious. And even vulnerable. Greg Carey delivers a masterful reappraisal of social, political, and religious issues raised by the author of Revelation. Rereading Revelation is personal, ethical, and enriched by years of careful erudition and sustained critical reflection. Readers will invariably experience a wide-ranging and deeply human conversation undertaken with sensitivity, openness, and grace. The result is a collection of theological essays that foster life, community, sustainability, dignity, and equity. A rare achievement.”
“Revelation remains a dangerous and frequently misinterpreted text. Too often a chasm lies between the interpretations offered by biblical scholars and popular readings that apply Revelation to the contemporary world. In this remarkable and engaging book, Greg Carey resists such a chasm. Drawing upon his insights as a biblical scholar and theologian, Carey interprets Revelation as ‘counterimperial literature’ that can offer modern readers a vision of hope and a way of imagining resistance. The result is a brilliant and instructive reading of Revelation that is attentive to authority, violence, gender, emotion, economics, and politics.”
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