After taking my course on Revelation a few years ago, a young pastor from Africa claimed that the course was life-changing. Why? Because the theology of the Left Behind phenomenon, exported to Africa by Christians in the U.S., had his country in its grip. But this pastor had found a new and exciting way to interpret the last book of the Bible.
Books
Colossians Remixed: Subverting the Empire
Brian J. Walsh and Sylvia C. Keesmaat
In Search of Paul: How Jesus' Apostle Opposed Rome's Empire with God's Kingdom.