The Emperor cult provided an alternative way of producing order and of ordering social relationships and thus an alternative to traditional politics.… - Joerg Rieger
" "The Emperor cult provided an alternative way of producing order and of ordering social relationships and thus an alternative to traditional politics. Without awareness of this context, Paul's writings might indeed be seen as nonpolitical. Paul is political in a different way, however, not by challenging the administration and official politics but by resisting three of the most powerful mechanisms of control of the Roman Empire: The emperor cult, the system of patronage, and the prominent themes of the empire's rhetoric.
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About Joerg Rieger
Joerg Rieger (born 1963) is Cal Turner Chancellor’s Chair in Wesleyan Studies and Distinguished Professor of Theology in the Divinity School and Graduate Department of Religion at Vanderbilt University.
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Joerg Michael Rieger
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