The Politics of Jesus Rediscovering the True

Who was Jesus? And how was this first-century political revolutionary, whose teachings were 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'sThe Politics of Jesusstands 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."

OBERY M. HENDRICKS, JR., is a professor of biblical interpretation at the New York Theological Seminary, an Ordained Elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and the author of Living Water. He has served as a professor at Drew University, as a visiting scholar at Princeton Theological Seminary, and as president of Payne Theological Seminary, the oldest African American theological institution in the United States. He lives in New Jersey.

Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction: My Personal Journey: How I Came to Know Jesus the Political Revolutionary	p. 1

From the Red Sea to the Jordan River: The Roots of Jesus' Political Consciousness	p. 13
Birth of a Revolutionary: The Shaping of Jesus' Politics	p. 50
Political Factors
Economic Factors
Social Factors
How Jesus the Revolutionary Became Meek and Mild	p. 74

Messiah and Tactician: The Political Strategies of Jesus	p. 99
Treat the People's Needs as Holy
Give a Voice to the Voiceless
Expose the Workings of Oppression
Call the Demon by Name
Save Your Anger for the Mistreatment of Others
Take Blows Without Returning Them
Don't Just Explain the Alternative, Show it

In Word or in Deed? The Politics of Jesus and the Politics of Politicians 1: The Case of Ronald Reagan	p. 191
In Word or in Deed? The Politics of Jesus and the Politics of Politicians 2: The Case of George W. Bush	p. 207
Reagan, Bush, the Politics of Jesus, and the Politics of the Church	p. 248
The Politics of Jesus: Conservative or Liberal?	p. 256
Conservatism
Liberalism
Neither Liberalism nor Conservatism...But Something More
A Manifesto: Practicing the Politics of Jesus	p. 319
Epilogue	p. 333
Notes	p. 336
Scripture Index	p. 355
Subject Index	p. 357
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The Politics of Jesus Rediscovering the True Revolutionary Nature of Jesus' Teachings and How They Have Been Corrupted

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