An Apocalyptic Christmas, part 3: Money and Consumerism, Dr. Michael Gorman

Theology in the Raw

Preston Sprinkle

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2024

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Michael J. Gorman holds the Raymond E. Brown Chair in Biblical Studies and Theology at St. Mary's Seminary & University in Baltimore. He has published 20 books and dozens of articles, including the highly acclaimed and, in my opinion, necessary book for interpreting the Book of Revelation called Reading Revelation Responsibly. -- If you've enjoyed this content, please subscribe to my channel! Support Theology in the Raw through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theologyintheraw Or you can support me directly through Venmo: @Preston-Sprinkle-1 Visit my personal website: https://www.prestonsprinkle.com For questions about faith, sexuality & gender: https://www.centerforfaith.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The next era of Logos is here. The world's most powerful Bible study platform is now more affordable than ever.
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0:29.4	the Bible by going book of Revelation.
0:54.5	There are many important themes in the book of revelation, themes of empire, militarism, and money through the lens of the Book of Revelation. There are many important themes in the book of Revelation, themes of empire, power, violence,
0:59.5	militarism, worship, sacrifice, judgment, and sexual immorality.
1:03.7	And all of these are important.
1:05.5	And yet in one of the book's most climactic chapters, namely chapter 18, where we read about
1:09.9	Babylon's judgment, the theme of
1:12.3	economic injustice takes center stage. And since the modern celebration of Christmas is often
1:17.8	plagued with mass consumerism, in fact, our current empire's economic success depends on it,
1:23.8	I thought it would be important to explore this theme of economic injustice in our final episode.
1:29.2	Dr. Michael Gorman is one of the world's top scholars on the Book of Revelation, so he will serve as a trustworthy guide in our conversation.
1:37.8	And I want to thank Evan Wickham again for allowing us to use songs from his latest album, Christmas Music Volume 2 throughout this series.
1:44.8	So without further ado, please welcome back to the show, the one and only, Dr. Michael Gorman. rejoice. All rejoice.
2:06.6	All we rejoice.
2:12.6	All right, Michael Gorman, good to see you again. Welcome back to Theology in the RAH.
2:16.6	Thanks so much, Presence. It's good to see you and good to be back.
2:20.5	Yeah, I'm excited about this conversation. So why don't we start with a more like 30,000 foot
2:26.8	lens. How should we approach to Book of Revelation? You know, I know a lot of people are just
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