Politics of Heaven

<p>In this provocative study Joseph A. Marchal argues that biblical interpretation but most especially Pauline studies must engage the full range of critical challenges brought by feminist studies postcolonial studies and Roman imperial studies. A feminist postcolonial analysis requires negotiating the gaps overlaps and tensions between these three strands by adopting an explicitly multi-axial focus and an interdisciplinary methodology. Using Philippians as a test case the analysis covers issues of both ancient and contemporary import: from imitation and authority to travel and contact. As a result Marchal provides strikingly new perspectives on Paul's letters and fresh challenges to the paradigms of Pauline interpretation.</p>