The New Politics of Jesus
Radical thought at the intersection of politics and religion.
“To say that Jesus was a political revolutionary is to say that the message he proclaimed not only called for change in individual hearts but also demanded comprehensive change in the political, social, and economic structures in his setting in life…. so all people – particularly the little people, or “the least of these,” as Jesus called them – might have lives free of political repression, enforced hunger and poverty, and undue insecurity…. He not only sought to address the symptoms of the people’s suffering, but also to alleviate the systemic causes of their suffering.”
From The Politics of Jesus: Rediscovering the True Revolutionary Nature of Jesus’ Teachings and How They Have Been Corrupted, by Obery M. Hendricks, Jr. (Doubleday, 2006)
A crucial goal of Jesus’ ministry was to radically change the distribution of authority and power, goods and resources, so all people might have lives free of political repression, enforced hunger and poverty, and undue insecurity.
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