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Pepe Sivera joan_marin503f — Colossians Remixed was the fad book among my friends a few years ago. I went into this book expecting it to be a quick and easy read, as most fad books are. It was not. But it was definitely worth taking the time to slowly read through it and digest its contents. Colossians Remixed is the exploration of three narratives competing for attention in today's world. The first is Globalism, or "cybernetic global optimism," as the authors like to call it. It is belief in the story that the interconnectivity of the world and the technological progresses being made will reform humanity. Things are looking up. The second narrative in the ring is Postmodernism. It is the suspicion of any "metanarrative," or attempt to explain why things are the way they are. Human history has failed time and time again, and this perspective is tired of being lied to. All in all, things are looking down. The third narrative explored, and promoted, in Colossians Remixed is Alternate Empire. Just as the original recipients of Colossians lived in the midst of a powerful empire, the authors of Colossians Remixed argue that we live under a similar "empire" today. Empires have some common ties around them. They are systemic centralizations of power, controlling by use of force. They exert oppressive socioeconomic control over those without power. To those on the fringes or outside their borders they exert oppressive military control, calling it "peace" (The Pax Romana, the Pax Americana). Empires saturate their residents with "imperial" imagery, reminding them who is in control, who has the power, who is "god." After fleshing out how Rome and America both share many of these elements of empire in their respective ages, the authors go on to show how Colossians served as a rallying call for early Christians living in empire to reject the empire's claims to power and authority. Instead of serving the empire with Caesar as Lord, they formed their own alternate empire with Jesus as Lord. Features of this alternate empire included building strong community with each other, withdrawing from participation in the empire's violence and economic control, concern for ecology, promotion of freedom and liberation, and identifying with those who suffer. Of course the authors make a strong case for those of us who follow Jesus today to follow the same principles. Develop community. Identify economically oppressive structures and withdraw from them. Refuse to participate in violence. Promote freedom and liberation, especially of those enslaved in various ways by the empire. And become comfortable with the idea that we may be called to suffer. Review originally appeared on my blog: http://mrsundquist.blogspot.com/2011/...

Sawa S sawavxs — I can't say enough about this book so I will be brief instead. I will cherish this book for the rest of my life and re-read it many times.