Subversive Meals (eBook)

R. Alan Streett (PhD, University of Wales) is Senior Research Professor of Biblical Exegesis and the W. A. Criswell Endowed Chair of Expository Preaching at Criswell College, Texas.

"Worship is politics. Alan Streett sets the Lord's Supper in the context of Passover and Jesus's mealtime teaching to argue astutely that it was an anti-imperial praxis. It contested Roman rule, ideology, and stratified social practice with theological and Christological counter-assertions and egalitarian social practices. Streett's insightful argument makes a significant contribution to recasting understandings of the Lord's Supper." Warren Carter, Professor of New Testament, Brite Divinity School "The concept behind this book is brilliant, and Streett has given it a thorough and judicious study. This book will serve as a benchmark for future scholarly debates about early Christian meals and anti-imperial rhetoric." Dennis E. Smith, Professor of New Testament, Phillips Theological Seminary "The book has many good qualities and I recommend it. The bibliography is extensive, including opposing or different views, and the text is well organized with frequent summaries that keep focus on the theme." Michael L. Cook, Theological Studies, Vol 79, 2018 "A very welcome and long overdue wake-up call for Trump-worshipping conservative evangelicals of the Bible belt who sacralise patriarchy, racism and the widening disparity between rich and poor." Nicholas Taylor, Glasgow