Horsley brings his considerable skills to bear on the timely questions concerning religious rhetoric and empire-building. How do the teachings of Jesus affect our understanding of the uses of power? How can we understand the invocation of God in modern political rhetoric? These questions and more are explored in order to help readers develop a clearer sense of modern religious and political issues.
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Richard A. Horsley is Professor of Classics and Religion at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He is the author and co-author of numerous books, including: Bandits, Prophets, and Messiahs (1985); Jesus and the Spiral of Violence (Fortress Press, 1992); Galilee (1995); Archaeology, History, and Society in Galilee (1996); 1 Corinthians (1998); and Whoever Hears You Hears Me (1999). He is also the editor of Paul and Empire (1997) and Paul and Politics (2000).
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clear, concise introduction to wide range of topics,
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This review is from: Religion and Empire: People, Power, and the Life of the Spirit (Facets) (Paperback)
Richard Horsley has been an immensely productive scholar in recent years, publishing or editing a plethora of books in the emerging field of the intersection of religion and empire. "Jesus and Empire," "Paul and Empire," "Paul and Politics" all provide detailed explanations of how the New Testament can only truly be heard for what it is in the context of the Roman imperial reality of the first century, and the ongoing imperial reality of our world today.
This book, part of the "Facets" series, offers pithy chapters on major themes, both within and beyond Christianity. I have used several chapters in an undergraduate class on "God and Empire" to the positive response of students. In particular, most helpful have been: 1. the summaries of his earlier writing on popular resistance to empire in the time of Jesus 2. "Christmas" as a celebration not of the birth of the Messiah but of the "victory" of consumer capitalism 3. the chapter in how western media have twisted "Islam" in the context of Iran into something unrecognizable by practicing Muslims for reasons all too clear from the perspective of Western empire. In under 100 pages, Horsley offers solid material to start valuable conversations among students or others interested in politics and religion in the world today.
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While lecturing in the United States in 1894-95, the British scholar Thomas William Rhys Davids made a telling statement regarding a significant phenomenon of European imperialism: It took its rise among an advancing and conquering people full of pride in their colour and their race, in their achievements and their progress. ... It made its first conquests in a great continent occupied by peoples of various races and holding widely different views.... And it soon spread over the frontiers among the nations, some of them more barbarous still than the then most uncultured Indians.1 Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
imperial power relations, scribal circles, imperial religion, emperor cult, imperial relations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Roman Empire, Shiite Islam, Tibetan Buddhism, Queen of Heaven, Reza Shah, Great Satan, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Middle East, Santa Claus New!
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While lecturing in the United States in 1894-95, the British scholar Thomas William Rhys Davids made a telling statement regarding a significant phenomenon of European imperialism: It took its rise among an advancing and conquering people full of pride in their colour and their race, in their achievements and their progress. ... It made its first conquests in a great continent occupied by peoples of various races and holding widely different views.... And it soon spread over the frontiers among the nations, some of them more barbarous still than the then most uncultured Indians.1 Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
imperial power relations, scribal circles, imperial religion, emperor cult, imperial relations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Roman Empire, Shiite Islam, Tibetan Buddhism, Queen of Heaven, Reza Shah, Great Satan, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Middle East, Santa Claus New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Thus Saith the Lord: The Revolutionary Moral Vision of Isaiah and Jeremiah by Richard E. Rubenstein in Back Matter
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