The Nonviolent Apocalypse: Revelation's Nonviolent Resistance Against Rome - Hardcover

by Jeffrey D. Meyers (Author)

In The Nonviolent Apocalypse, Jeffrey D. Meyers argues that Revelation's famously violent visions are actually acts of nonviolent resistance to the Roman Empire. Using insights from biblical studies and scholarship on nonviolence, Meyers shows how Revelation both engages in and calls for acts of nonviolent resistance.

Author Biography

Jeffrey D. Meyers (Ph.D., The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago) teaches Peace, Justice, and Conflict Studies at DePaul University and Religious Studies at Gonzaga University.