Jesus and Empire: The Kingdom of God and the New World Disorder

by Richard A. Horsley

Overview

Building on his earlier studies of Jesus, Galilee, and the social upheavals in Roman Palestine, Horsley focuses his attention on how Jesus' proclamation of the kingdom of God relates to Roman and Herodian power politics. In addition he examines how modern ideologies relate to Jesus' proclamation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780800634902
Publisher:	1517 Media
Publication date:	11/12/2002
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Richard A. Horsley is Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and the Study of Religion at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He is the author of The Message and the Kingdom (2002 with Neil Asher Siberman), Jesus and the Spiral of Violence (1992), and Jesus and the Empire (2002).

Table of Contents

*Roman Imperialism: The New World Disorder
*Resistance and Rebellion in Judea and Galilee
*Jesus in the Politics of Roman Palestine
*The Kingdom of God as Condemnation of Roman Imperialism
*Jesus' Alternative Social Order: Community and Cooperation
*Epilog: The Empire Strikes Back