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OBERY M. HENDRICKS, JR., is a professor of biblical interpretation at the New York Theological Seminary, an Ordained Elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and the author of Living Water. He has served as a professor at Drew University, as a visiting scholar at Princeton Theological Seminary, and as president of Payne Theological Seminary, the oldest African American theological institution in the United States. He lives in New Jersey.
Acknowledgments | p. xi |
Introduction: My Personal Journey: How I Came to Know Jesus the Political Revolutionary | p. 1 |
From the Red Sea to the Jordan River: The Roots of Jesus' Political Consciousness | p. 13 |
Birth of a Revolutionary: The Shaping of Jesus' Politics | p. 50 |
Political Factors | |
Economic Factors | |
Social Factors | |
How Jesus the Revolutionary Became Meek and Mild | p. 74 |
Messiah and Tactician: The Political Strategies of Jesus | p. 99 |
Treat the People's Needs as Holy | |
Give a Voice to the Voiceless | |
Expose the Workings of Oppression | |
Call the Demon by Name | |
Save Your Anger for the Mistreatment of Others | |
Take Blows Without Returning Them | |
Don't Just Explain the Alternative, Show it | |
In Word or in Deed? The Politics of Jesus and the Politics of Politicians 1: The Case of Ronald Reagan | p. 191 |
In Word or in Deed? The Politics of Jesus and the Politics of Politicians 2: The Case of George W. Bush | p. 207 |
Reagan, Bush, the Politics of Jesus, and the Politics of the Church | p. 248 |
The Politics of Jesus: Conservative or Liberal? | p. 256 |
Conservatism | |
Liberalism | |
Neither Liberalism nor Conservatism...But Something More | |
A Manifesto: Practicing the Politics of Jesus | p. 319 |
Epilogue | p. 333 |
Notes | p. 336 |
Scripture Index | p. 355 |
Subject Index | p. 357 |
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