Obery M. Hendricks Jr.: The Politics of Jesus : Rediscovering the True Revolutionary Nature of Jesus' Teachings and How They Have Been Corrupted

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

From Elaine Pagels’s Beyond Belief to Jim Wallis’s God's Politics, investigations into the relationship between the historical foundations of Christianity and the role of religion in today’s world have risen to the top of bestseller lists. Obery Hendricks, Jr., who was Pagels’s first graduate student at Princeton University, adds an important new voice to the ongoing discussion in THE POLITICS... (read more)

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“The title of this book, in full, is "The Politics of Jesus: Rediscovering the True Revolutionary Nature of Jesus’ Teachings and How They Have Been Corrupted". This should tell you at the outset that this book is not for everyone. This book takes a fresh look to Jesus’ life and ministry and how it relates to today’s politics in America.

The book carries you through the history of his nation and his people that shaped him, how he became “meek and mild”, what he *really* taught and who...”

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