Luke-Acts and the Imperial Cult: A Way Through the Conundrum?

Rowe, C. Kavin

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“…Only then, in the home of a Gentile military officer, stationed in Caesarea, the center of imperial government in Palestine and a city built to honor Augustus as "Lord of all" and "Savior of the world," does Peter understand the radical extent of the boundaries that Jesus sought to eliminate. 19 Only then does Peter finally declare his new understanding that God truly shows no partiality with regard to people, as long as they worship God and act justly (10:34-35). Peter receives and acts on a revelation about who was worthy of full sociopolitical and religious acceptance, a revelation that would have seemed heretical to many of his fellow Jews and Jewish followers of Jesus.…”

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“…The Gospel of Luke in particular presents Jesus as a person who actively engaged in conversation, ministry, and table fellowship with people from all different walks of life, including "respectable" Pharisees (7:36-50; 11:37-54; 14:1-25), a "pagan" Roman soldier (7:1-10), a "sinful" woman (7:36-50), and a crucified criminal (23:39-43), to name just a few examples. From the start of his ministry, the Lukan Jesus signaled that society's labels (ethnic, religious, political, social, economic, or otherwise) have no bearing in the reign of God that he came to inaugurate (4: [16][17][18][19][20][21]. It is good news for all people, and acceptance of all people is to be the practice of Jesus' followers as it was his own.…”

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Good sinners and exemplary heretics: The sociopolitical implications of love and acceptance in the Gospel of Luke

Miller

2015

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This article pairs discussion of the polarization of contemporary American politics with an exploration of the Gospel of Luke's call to radical hospitality across and in spite of earthly societal divisions. Amanda C. Miller argues that the Lukan Jesus demonstrates a way of living in the world that extends acceptance to all people regardless of ethnic, socioeconomic, political, or religious labels, and focuses instead on their actions toward God and other human beings. The narrative of the Third Gospel strongly alls for love, justice, and hospitality to be enacted, embodied, and demonstrated in how one treats other people. Miller begins with an overview of the extreme polarization of political views in the 21st-century United States, and a brief look at Jesus' ethic of acceptance and the conflict such actions will inevitably provoke (e.g., in the call of Levi the tax collector in 5:27-32 and Jesus' Nazareth proclamation and subsequent rejection in 4:16-30). She then examines in some detail two stories in Luke that show active, engaged relationship between people who, for various societal reasons, would not normally like each other, much less help one another. The parable of the Good Samaritan (10:25-37) demonstrates this boundary-crossing hospitality in the conversation between Jesus and the Torah scholar, and the interaction in the parable between the Samaritan and the wounded man. Likewise, the story of Zacchaeus (19:1-10) shows how a simple invitation to eat together offered by Jesus to a wealthy tax collector transforms Zacchaeus so dramatically that he, in turn, extends radical generosity to those whom he used to oppress and defraud. These two stories demonstrate the power of active acceptance and relationship between those who differ, over and against the dehumanizing labels humans use to divide themselves from one another.

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Good sinners and exemplary heretics: The sociopolitical implications of love and acceptance in the Gospel of Luke

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Geography and the Ascension Narrative in Acts

Sleeman¹

2009

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The book of Acts contains a strong geographical component. Yet readings of Acts typically ignore or marginalise geography's contribution to the construction of the narrative's theology. In this book Matthew Sleeman argues that Jesus' ascension into heaven is foundational for establishing the 'spatiality' of Acts, showing that the narrative's understanding of place and space is shaped decisively by Christ's heavenly location. Drawing on recent advances in geographical theory, Sleeman offers a 'spatial' interpretation that expands our vision of how space and place inform the theological impulses of Acts. Presenting a complement to conventional 'temporal' readings of Acts, he sheds new light on the theology of the book, and suggests new ways of reading not only Acts but also other New Testament texts. Sleeman's work combines innovative biblical scholarship with accessible and informative geographical analysis, and is suitable for those with research and teaching interests in human geography or biblical studies.

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Jew–Gentile Relations and the Geographic Movement of Acts 10:1–11:18

Wilson¹

2018

The Catholic Biblical Quarterly

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Luke-Acts and the Imperial Cult: A Way Through the Conundrum?

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Good sinners and exemplary heretics: The sociopolitical implications of love and acceptance in the Gospel of Luke

Good sinners and exemplary heretics: The sociopolitical implications of love and acceptance in the Gospel of Luke

Geography and the Ascension Narrative in Acts

Jew–Gentile Relations and the Geographic Movement of Acts 10:1–11:18

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