Jesus and the Powers: Conflict, Covenant, and the Hope of the Poor (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780800697082)

Refusing a false dichotomy between "politics" and "religion" in Jesus' world (and our own), Jesus and the Powers rediscovers Jesus' response to the imperial power of his day. Richard A. Horsley describes the relevance of political realities under great empires for understanding the rise of covenantal theology and apocalyptic vision in Israel's history. Then he explores aspects of Jesus' activity in the context of the Roman Empire. Horsley examines Jesus as an exorcist and prophetic figure and the character of his death by crucifixion. He also shows how the community life in the early Pauline assemblies gave form to a new response to imperial powers--and stimulus to contemporary readers to re-imagine their own response to political realities in our own day.

Author: Richard A. Horsley
ISBN-10: 0800697081
ISBN-13: 9780800697082
Publisher: Fortress Press
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2010
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2011