Jesus and the Powers

Conflict, Covenant, and the Hope of the Poor

Richard A. Horsley

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Augsburg Fortress
01 October 2010

Religion & beliefs; New Testaments

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.

By: Richard A. Horsley
Imprint: Augsburg Fortress
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 318g
ISBN: 9780800697082
ISBN 10: 0800697081
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 01 October 2010
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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).

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Jesus and the Powers

Conflict, Covenant, and the Hope of the Poor

Richard A. Horsley

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