Republican Jesus by Tony Keddie
Brand: University of California Press
Product Description
The complete guide to debunking rightwing misinterpretations of the Biblefrom economics and immigration to gender and sexuality. Jesus loves borders guns unborn babies and economic prosperity and hates homosexuality taxes welfare and universal healthcareor 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 rightwing Christ came from and what he stands for but also why this version of Jesus is a fraud. By restoring Republicans cherrypicked gospel texts to their original literary and historical contexts Keddie dismantles the biblical basis for Republican positions on hotbutton 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. show more
Condition : New
Author : Tony Keddie
Weight : 504
Publisher : University Of California Press
Language : English
EAN : 9780520385696
ISBN10 : 0520385691
Format : Paperback Softback
Date of Publication : 20210907
Place of Publication : United States
Pagination : 376 Pages 19 Bw Photographs 2 Maps
Dimensions : 141 X 210 X 27