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The Politics of Jesus

Name: The Politics of Jesus
ISBN: 9780385516655

Rediscovering the True Revolutionary Nature of Jesus' Teachings and How They Have Been Corrupted

Obery M. Hendricks Jr

PRH Christian Publishing · Print & ebook · August 21, 2007

Reading lane: Christian Social Issues

Who was Jesus?

Christian Social Issues New Testament Biography Church History philosophy

religious studies ancient history

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Why This Clicks

Faith in Public

A politically alert reconsideration of Jesus asks what faith means when the poor are ignored.

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Questions about Jesus, freedom, and the politics of faith
A sharp challenge to politicians who claim Christian conviction

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A provocative reading of Jesus’s life and mind
A critique that keeps belief answerable to the poor

Book Details

Authors: Obery M. Hendricks Jr
Publisher: PRH Christian Publishing
Published: August 21, 2007
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Christian Social Issues · New Testament Biography
Reading lane: Christian Social Issues

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Conservatism & Liberalism
Christian Living
Religion & Philosophy

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Who was Jesus? And how was this first-century political revolutionary, whose teachings are meant to lead the way to freedom, turned into a meek and mild servant of the status quo? How is it possible to profess a belief in Jesus, yet ignore the suffering of the poor and the needy? Just how truly faithful to the vision of Jesus are the many politicians who claim to be Christian? These are the kinds of questions Obery Hendricks, a biblical scholar, activist, and minister, asks in this provocative new book. In this day and age of heated political debate, Hendricks’s The Politics of Jesus stands out as much for its brilliant re-creation of the life and mind of Jesus of Nazareth as for its scathing critique of modern politicians “of faith.”