Description
The complete guide to debunking right-wing misinterpretations of the Bible--from economics and immigration to gender and sexuality.
Jesus loves borders, guns, unborn babies, and economic prosperity and hates homosexuality, taxes, welfare, and universal healthcare--or so say many Republican politicians, pundits, and preachers. Through outrageous misreadings of the New Testament gospels that started almost a century ago, conservative influencers have conjured a version of Jesus that speaks to their fears, desires, and resentments.
In Republican Jesus, Tony Keddie explains not only where this right-wing Christ came from and what he stands for but also why this version of Jesus is a fraud. By restoring Republicans' cherry-picked gospel texts to their original literary and historical contexts, Keddie dismantles the biblical basis for Republican positions on hot-button issues like Big Government, taxation, abortion, immigration, and climate change. At the same time, he introduces readers to an ancient Jesus whose life experiences and ethics were totally unlike those of modern Americans, conservatives and liberals alike.Author: Tony Keddie
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 09/09/2021
Pages: 376
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.19h x 5.43w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9780520385696
ISBN10: 0520385691
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Political Ideologies | Conservatism & Liberalism
- Religion | Christianity | History
- Political Science | Propaganda
About the Author
Tony Keddie is Associate Professor of Early Christian History and Literature at the University of British Columbia and author of Class and Power in Roman Palestine and Revelations of Ideology.