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Jesus goes to Washington: his progressive politics..

This book explores how Christian spirituality and the political ethic of Christianity's founder, Jesus of Nazareth, might contribute to the most looming emergency of our day-ending human misery while reducing the planet's woes. It advances the new ethical paradigm of sustainability that bespeaks the longings of this remarkable Jewish peasant who elbowed his way into a world filled with social misery, shame, and land exploitation. Donning the mantle of a prophet/lawgiver, he disgraced the justifying ethic of the prevailing Roman oligarchies that finds its active counterpart in today's political landscape. He offered a different political path-a Progressive one-that led to respecting Creation and all its inhabitant..

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Call Number
261.709 MIL j
Publisher
Eugene : Wipf & Stock Publ..,
Collation
ix,215p.; 23 cm.
Language
English
ISBN/ISSN
978-1-62564-042-0
Classification
261.709
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Subject(s)
CHRISTIANITY AND POLITICS - UNITED STATES
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Statement of Responsibility
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