Wes Howard-Brook presents the Bible as a struggle between two competing religions: not Judaism and Christianity, but the religion of creation versus the religion of empire. Throughout the Hebrew Scriptures, these two religions battled for the hearts and minds of the people in claiming radically divergent views of who YHWH is and what it looks like to be YHWH's people. Though Jesus was killed by the upholders of empire, his resurrection was the definitive vindication of the religion of creation. s a consequence, those who follow his path can accept no violence or domination tward people or creation in his name. While many recent scholars have studies the imperial context of the New Testament, this is the first book to trace this theme throughout the entire Bible.
Wes Howard-Brook has been teaching and writing at the intersection of church, society and academy since 1988. Previously, Wes was an attorney for the federal and Washington state governments, including a stint as counsel to the US Senate Judiciary Committee (1981-83).
Wes and his wife, Sue Ferguson Johnson, collaborate in the ministry, Abide in Me, that interweaves the mystical and the prophetic, the inner and outer journeys with God. Through word, silence, song and movement, they seek to be agents of God's passionate desire to transform individuals, communities and the world itself into the body of Christ.
Wes also teaches theology and scripture at Seattle University and at churches and gatherings around the Pacific Northwest and the U.S.
