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For almost 300 years, the dominant trend in New Testament interpretation has been to read the Acts of the Apostles as a document that argues for the political possibility of harmonious co-existence between 'Rome' and the early Christian movement. Kavin Rowe argues that the time is long overdue for a sophisticated, critically constructive reappraisal.
"A brilliant piece of work by a young scholar of considerable promise."
--First Things
"This well-written, well-argued book is a must read for New Testament scholars."
-- Review of Biblical Literature
"This sophisticated argument offers a comprehensive vision of Acts and deserves a wide readership."
-- Religious Studies Review
"There is so much happening in these pages that a slow and careful read will provoke sustained thoughts on a variety of subjects of ecclesial interest ranging from Christianity and culture to issues of tolerance and political theology."
-- Themelios
- Sales Rank: #207968 in Books
- Published on: 2010-11-16
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 6.10" h x .50" w x 9.10" l, .97 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 312 pages
Review
"A brilliant piece of work by a young scholar of considerable promise." --First Things
"This well-written, well-argued book is a must read for New Testament scholars." --Review of Biblical Literature
"This sophisticated argument offers a comprehensive vision of Acts and deserves a wide readership." --Religious Studies Review
"There is so much happening in these pages that a slow and careful read will provoke sustained thoughts on a variety of subjects of ecclesial interest ranging from Christianity and culture to issues of tolerance and political theology." --Themelios
About the Author
C. Kavin Rowe, Assistant Professor of New Testament, Duke University Divinity School
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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful.
A Seminal Work and a Delight to Read
By Northern Disciple
This is a book which has depth and latitude, a journey which leaves one with much to ponder and which considers many dimensions of Luke's Acts. Why did the Gospel of "peace" create such an uproar? Why was Paul, like Jesus, put to death by Caesar even after being declared innocent? Why did the fledgling Christian community of Acts, which had no designs on political power and no thought of insurrection, come under the fierce opposition and murderous persecution of Caesar?
These are, of course, all familiar issues to anyone who has considered The Acts of The Apostles but Kavin Rowe, like all gifted authors and original thinkers, causes his reader to consider the the work afresh. His is the genius which leads one along a familiar and oft-trod path to point out important things which have gone unnoticed, and familiar sights cast in a whole new light. What is more, the careful and thorough scholarship of the guide reassures one all along the way.
My particular interest is epistemology and I found Rowe's observations of the knowledge vantage point of belief in Jesus Christ versus unbelief to be nothing short of brilliant. Those outside of Christ could prove no charge nor sustain any accusation, yet they rightly perceived that their whole world was threatened by this new message and this new community. Even while they refused to acknowledge Jesus Christ as "Lord of all" - no, because they refused - they somehow knew that the very foundation of their world was threatened. Because they refused to honour Christ, they could not grasp the message, but even in their blindness they knew that the message was their undoing. Profound ironies!
There are powerful implications in "World Upside Down" for the modern Church. Is Caesar still Caesar? Does Caesar now bow before God or honour Jesus Christ? Is Christ still Christ? Can the threat and its outcome be any different in the 21st century than in the first? Or has the "thick" message of Paul and his brethren in Acts become "thin" intellectual assent in our world. The "thick" message is the fleshed out - the lived - reality. This was what "turned the world upside down". This was the perceived threat. As I said, much to ponder, much to reflect on before the "Lord of all". Rowe is very restrained in applying his observations to the modern setting, but that reserve only serves to make his few deft strokes absolutely riveting - at least to this reader.
Kavin Rowe's "World Upside Down" is a seminal work. It will be remembered; it will be referenced for a long time. Who should read it? Certainly not those who want to hear familiar themes presented in weary clichés. To benefit from this book you must have thought about Acts, and you must be willing to think about Acts again. To be sure, there are sentences where many readers will have to back up and take a second run. But that's not necessarily a bad thing, is it? There are other passages though, where the reader will be surprised and delighted by a wry witticism or a fresh insight. There are many such passages. I would say that all who consider the study of Scripture as a serious undertaking would benefit from this book and should read it. Serious students of Acts must read it.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
THIS is NT scholarship
By Nate J
One of the most sophisticated pieces of Biblical scholarship I've ever read, Rowe's work is a refreshing re-assessment of Acts in Graeco-Roman context. The most amazing part of his argument is his ability to "think the tension alongside the author of Acts." What precisely is the tension? The early Christians' reputation for simultaneously (1) upsetting the Roman status quo through their proclamation of another Lord named Jesus and (2) their status as "righteous/innocent" (diakaios) in the eyes of Roman jurisprudence. Early Christianity, as narrated by Acts, was neither subversive nor complicit with the Roman way of life. It didn't fit harmoniously with Graeco-Roman culture, but neither could that culture completely condemn it as an outright challenge to the Pax Romana. In Rowe's words, Christianity exhibits a completely different way of "being in the world" or "total way of being" that doesn't fit neatly in the categories of Roman life. His argument, in nuce, tries to untie this complex tension (a nice dialectical reading in the tradition of Hegel, Barth, Bonhoeffer, etc.): "The Christians are not out to establish Christendom, as it were. New culture, yes--coup, no. The tension is thus set."
The taughtly drawn thread that holds this tension together, according to Acts, is a set of fundamental Christian practices/a habitus that the early Church carried out. Three core practices were essential: the proclamaition of Jesus as Lord; meeting together to physically constitute the Church; and mission.
In an age of specialization, Rowe's work is satisfyingly multidisciplinary. He blends philosophy (McIntyre and Charles Taylor), theology (Barth figures prominently - I love the opening paragraph of Ch. 2: "God is not derivative of human culture, but generative"), classic studies (esp. Lane Fox's "Pagans and Christians"), and, of course, NT scholarship. Rowe is able to work across so many disciplines because, as he argues, the narrative of Acts demands that we approach it with everything we have: "the larger debate [in Acts] over how to read teh world does not occur behind conference tables in a placid university auditorium - or in Plato's Academy - but in the rough and tumble everyday life of various cities around the Roman empire." (102)
Taken together, every facet of Rowe's work not only impresses, but calls the reader to enter into the ongoing narrative set in motion by the resurrection of the Crucified one - a movement that calls us to be a community of witness in our world.
A few Quotes:
"In its attempts to form communities that witness to God's apocalypse [i.e. revelation in Jesus Christ], Luke's second volume is a highly charged and theologically sophisticated political document that aims at nothing less than the construction of an alternative total way of life - a comprehensive pattern of being - one that runs counter to the life-patterns of the Graeco-Roman world"
"The ultimate origin of the Christian mission lies in the act of God. That is why the Christian mission is a novum: it does not, it cannot, arise naturally out of the mundane sphere - death is the final boundary of the natural human life - but comes directly from the new life given by God to Jesus on the other side of death. The location of the origin of Christian mission according to Acts, that is, is beyond death, and in this way Christian mission exceeds dramatically all human possibilities of creation and initiation." (123)
"Taken as a whole, Acts' mode of discourse thus sits uneasily next to - or perhaps better confronts - what is still the predominant epistemological paradigm in NT studies - the encyclopedic way of knowing [according to McIntyre]" (174)
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful.
A Rightside Up view of a World Upside Down
By Patrick R. Novak
C. Kavin Rowe has produced a work that is special. It is special because it engagingly wrestles with long held views held the academy regarding Acts and Luke's purposes; is well written, and I think, can be easily understood by those who 'work' for a living; and presents a bold view of the purpose of Acts, which if taken seriously, has radical implications for the Church, especially in the West.
Rowe posits a "tension" in Acts. Luke's view that though the Church is not seditious, the faith, if taken seriously, has radical cultural implications. Put simply, Christianity and paganism are mutually exclusive. One's belief will change the way one lives.
This, in itself, will rock the boat of most 'seeker friendly', 'emerging' churches, let alone the vast swath of evangelicalism in North America, of which, I consider myself a part. I regret that Rowe's fine work was not available five to six years ago when I was writting my dissertation on the concept of indwelling in Colossians. Most of what Rowe has written would have augmented my own argument, except that his arguments are more lucid, cogent, and well written!
Rowe's work has spun off a great deal of commentary already. I am sure it will continue to do so for years to come. This is not a book for just scholars but also for pastors who work daily to see their charges formed in Christ.
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