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God and Empire

Jesus Against Rome, Then and Now

by John Dominic Crossan
Derek Perkins
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In contrast to the oppressive Roman military occupation of the first century, Crossan examines the meaning of the non-violent Kingdom of God prophesized by Jesus and the equality advocated by Paul to the early Christian churches. Crossan contrasts these messages of peace with the misinterpreted apocalyptic vision from the Book of Revelation, which has been misrepresented by modern right-wing theologians and televangelists to justify US military actions in the Middle East.
In God and Empire Crossan surveys the Bible from Genesis to Apocalypse, or the Book of Revelation, and discovers a hopeful message that cannot be ignored in these turbulent times. The first-century Pax Romana, Crossan points out, was in fact a "peace" won through violent military action. Jesus preached a different kind of peace—a peace that surpasses all understanding—and a kingdom not of Caesar but of God.
The Romans executed Jesus because he preached this Kingdom of God, a kingdom based on peace and justice, over the empire of Rome, which ruled by violence and force. For Jesus and Paul, Crossan explains, peace cannot be won the Roman way, through military victory, but only through justice and fair and equal treatment of all people.

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    April 28, 2020

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      • ISBN: 9781705202357
      • File size: 261269 KB
      • Duration: 09:04:18

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      December 11, 2006
      In this fine study of civilization, culture and transformation, Father
      \t\t Crossan asks important questions: have those who resort to violence as a means
      \t\t of change succeeded in their quest for empire? Or has nonviolence been more
      \t\t effective in bringing about lasting change? Crossan, professor emeritus at De
      \t\t Paul University and author of several well-received works including
      \t\t The Historical Jesus, believes that the
      \t\t solution is not in violent intervention but in the coming of the Kingdom of God
      \t\t on earth. But how, and when, will this Kingdom come? In comparing the missions
      \t\t of Jesus and John the Baptist, Crossan states his idea clearly: "Jesus differed
      \t\t precisely from John in emphasizing not the future-presence but the
      \t\t already-presence of God's Kingdom as the Great Divine Cleanup of the world." In
      \t\t other words, Christ saw the Kingdom as a present and active reality. Crossan
      \t\t uses the teachings of Jesus to promote his thesis, and then turns to an
      \t\t unlikely ally—the Apostle Paul—by suggesting that Paul's emphasis on
      \t\t equality and freedom helped carry forward Jesus' program of nonviolent change.
      \t\t Crossan's latest work presents a complex subject in a clear and powerful way,
      \t\t and it merits a wide readership.

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