Synopsis: Reading Revelation Responsibly is for those who are confused by, afraid of, and/or preoccupied with the book of Revelation.
His recent books include Reading Paul (Cascade 2008) and Inhabiting the Cruciform God (2009)..
Mary\'s Seminary & University in Baltimore, Maryland.
Gorman is Professor of Sacred Scripture and Dean of the Ecumenical Institute of Theology at St.
With careful use of scholarship and an evident love for the Lamb who was slain, Michael Gorman demystifies a book that\'s meant to clarify what\'s at stake when we say, \'Jesus is Lord.\' --Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove author of The Wisdom of Stability: Rooting Faith in a Mobile Culture Author Biography: Michael J.
This book can help either kind.
Nelson Kraybill author of Apocalypse and Allegiance: Worship, Politics, and Devotion in the Book of Revelation Sometimes I think there are only two kinds of Christians in America: those who\'ve never read Revelation and those who read almost nothing else. --J.
This accessible volume is a theological wellspring for preachers, teachers, and any disciples seeking a reliable alternative to the scare-mongering eschatology that clogs airwaves and bookstores.
Gorman joins John of Patmos to inspire us with a risky and lofty vision of Following the Lamb in radical and nonviolent witness in the world.
Endorsements: With an exceptional blend of scholarly insight and confessional grounding, this book restores Revelation to relevance for the mission of the church.
Rather than a script for the end times, Gorman demonstrates how Revelation is a script for Christian worship, witness, and mission that runs counter to culturally embedded civil religion.
Gorman pays careful attention to the book\'s original historical and literary contexts, its connections to the rest of Scripture, its relationship to Christian doctrine and practice, and its potential to help or harm people in their life of faith.
He takes interpreting the book as a serious and sacred responsibility, believing how one reads, teaches, and preaches Revelation can have a powerful impact on one\'s own--and other people\'s--well-being.
In rescuing the Apocalypse from those who either completely misinterpret it or completely ignore it, Michael Gorman has given us both a guide to Reading Revelation in a responsible way and a theological engagement with the text itself.
Synopsis: Reading Revelation Responsibly is for those who are confused by, afraid of, and/or preoccupied with the book of Revelation
