Jesus in an Age of Terror: Scholarly Projects for a New American Century

by Crossley,James G.

• ISBN13: 9781845534301
• ISBN10: 1845534301
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2014-08-14
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This book applies the work of Noam Chomsky, Edward Herman, Edward Said and several others on international politics and the supportive role of the media, intellectuals and academics to contemporary Christian origins and New Tesfament scholarship.

Author Biography

James G. Crossley is Lecturer in New Testament Studies at the University of Sheffield. His recent publications include The Date of Mark's Gospel: Insight from the Law in Earliest Christianity (2004) and Why Christianity Happened: A Sociohistorical Account of Christian Origins 26-50ce (2006).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. x
Preface	p. xiii
Christian Origins and New Testament Studies in Ideologically and Historically Contaminated Contexts	p. 1
Introduction: Reading the History of New Testament and Christian Origins Scholarship	p. 3
Manufacturing Consent: Christian Origins Scholarship in Context	p. 3
Confessional Context of Christian Origins Scholarship	p. 9
The Dominance and Influence of Pre-war German New Testament Scholarship	p. 14
The Cold War	p. 17
Conclusion	p. 19
The Politics of the Bibliobloggers	p. 20
Iraq, the Middle East, and the "War on Terror"	p. 25
The Myth of Unique Suffering	p. 31
Some of my Best Friends Are...	p. 36
Israel/Palestine	p. 41
Politics and Constructing Biblical Studies	p. 48
Conclusions	p. 51
Selected Unedited Excerpts from the Now Defunct Dr Cathey's Blog for Purposes of Reference	p. 53
Joseph Cathey, "War on Terror, President Bush, and World War II" (August 31, 2005)	p. 53
Joseph Cathey, "Guns Not Evil!" (August 30, 2005)	p. 54
Joseph Cathey, "A Civil Service Message for Preparedness!" (November 4, 2005)	p. 54
Joseph Cathey, "Children and Firearms!" (November 4, 2005)	p. 54
Neo-Orientalism: Orientalism, Hideously Emboldened	p. 57
The Context: A Clash of Civilizations?	p. 59
Introduction: Clashing Civilizations, a New Threat, and Christian Origins	p. 59
The Dominant, Influential and Problematic Ideology of Clashing Civilizations	p. 67
"War on Terror" and Ignoring the Details I: "The Geraldo Rivera of the NYT" and the Complexities of Arab, Muslim and Islamic Violence	p. 77
"War on Terror" and Ignoring the Details II: The Ideologically Convenient Atheism of Sam Harris	p. 82
Related Scholarship and the Language of Cultural Difference	p. 90
"If We Step on an Ant While Walking, We Have Not Purposely Killed It": Some Gruesome Results of Stereotyping and Dehumanizing	p. 94
Concluding Remarks	p. 99
Anglo-American Power and Liberal Scholarship: Scholarly Reconstructions of the Social World of Christian Origins	p. 101
New Testament Scholarship and the Rhetoric of Grand Difference	p. 101
Anthropology in the Study of the New Testament and Christian Origins	p. 110
Are You with Us or against Us?	p. 128
Let Us Never Speak of This Again: Ideological Significance of Dismissing Dissent without Argument	p. 135
Conclusions	p. 141
"Jewishness," Jesus and Christian Origins Since 1967	p. 143
The Context: Judaism and Christianity; Israel and the West	p. 145
"Jesus the Jew" since 1967	p. 145
The Importance of Israel and Support for Israeli State Policy in Post-1967 Western Politics	p. 147
The Rise of Christian Zionism and their Agenda in Anglo-American Political Circles	p. 152
Mud Sticks: Higher Education and Discrediting, Misleading concerning and/or Lying about Nadia Abu el-Haj	p. 161
Conclusions	p. 172
Jewish...but Not That Jewish	p. 173
Israel, Biblical Studies and Cultural Context	p. 173
Jesus the Jew...to an Extent	p. 177
Christology and the Study of Christian Origins: Rescuing Judaism for Jesus	p. 186
An Asymmetrical Special Relationship	p. 189
Conclusions	p. 193
Conclusion	p. 195
Rip It Up and Start Again: The Intellectual and Moral Failings of Academics	p. 195
Notes	p. 200
Bibliography	p. 238
Index of References	p. 257
Index of Names	p. 259
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