{"product_id":"the-universe-bends-toward-justice-obery-m-hendricks-jr-9781570759406","title":"The Universe Bends Toward Justice: Radical Reflections on the Bible, the Church, and the Body Politic","description":"In these passionate and wide-ranging essays Obery Hendricks offers a challenging engagement with spirituality, economics, politics, contemporary Christianity, and the abuses committed in its name. Among his themes: the gap between the spirituality of the church and the spirituality of Jesus; the ways in which contemporary versions of gospel music \"sensationalize\" today's churches into social and political irrelevance; how the economic principles and policies espoused by the religious right betray the most basic principles of the same biblical tradition they claim to hold dear; the domestication of Martin Luther King's message to foster a political complacency that dishonors King's sacrifices. He ends with a stinging rebuke of the religious right's idolatrous \"patriotism\" in a radical manifesto for those who would practice \"the politics of Jesus\" in the public sphere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Obery M. Jr. Hendricks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1570759405\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781570759406\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Orbis Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/16\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.00w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/10\/2011 pg. 51\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2012","brand":"Obery M. Jr. Hendricks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047331262719,"sku":"9781570759406","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0caa9e89-9297-4f45-a31a-a91dec6760b7.jpg?v=1684989593","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-universe-bends-toward-justice-obery-m-hendricks-jr-9781570759406","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}