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Author : Joerg Rieger
Release : 2018
Genre : Religion
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 672/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Jesus Vs. Caesar by : Joerg Rieger
Download or read book Jesus Vs. Caesar written by Joerg Rieger. This book was released on 2018. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tension between true religion and false religion lies within Christianity itself.
Author : Scot McKnight
Release : 2013-03-28
Genre : Religion
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 917/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Jesus Is Lord, Caesar Is Not by : Scot McKnight
Download or read book Jesus Is Lord, Caesar Is Not written by Scot McKnight. This book was released on 2013-03-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together respected biblical scholars to evaluate the turn toward "empire criticism" in recent New Testament scholarship. While praising the movement for its deconstruction of Roman statecraft and ideology, the contributors also provide a salient critique of the anti-imperialist rhetoric pervading much of the current literature.
Author : Seyoon Kim
Release : 2008-10-07
Genre : Bibles
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 087/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Christ and Caesar by : Seyoon Kim
Download or read book Christ and Caesar written by Seyoon Kim. This book was released on 2008-10-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title looks at what kind of responses Paul made to the Roman Empire. The author subjects the methods of current interpreters to critical scrutiny and discusses what makes an anti-imperial interpretation of Pauline writings difficult.
Author : Joerg Rieger
Release : 2018-04-17
Genre : Religion
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 684/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Jesus vs. Caesar by : Joerg Rieger
Download or read book Jesus vs. Caesar written by Joerg Rieger. This book was released on 2018-04-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When we observe a tension between Jesus and Caesar, we acknowledge that a fundamental tension remains at the heart of Christianity. When this tension is poorly understood, Christians face disastrous consequences. The tension is not between religion and atheism or secularism. Nor is it between organized religion and personal spirituality. The tension is located within the heart of Christianity itself because it is a radical conflict between true and false forms of Christian faith. Jesus embodies and exposes this tension in ways that illuminate both how God is with us and what must change for a world that participates in God’s life. This book serves as an indictment of the pieties of empire, whether government, corporate or any other forms of the faith that dominate and exclude. One form of Christian faith (Jesus) versus another form of Christian faith (Caesar). Whom and what will we trust and serve? What did Jesus disclose to the religious, economic, and political worlds of Israel and Rome? This tension between true and false forms of religion is also deeply rooted in the Jewish traditions. The Hebrew prophets were gravely concerned about established forms of Jewish religion that appear to be respectable but result in oppression. The prophet Isaiah hears the voice of God pronouncing judgment: “You serve your own interest on your fast day, and oppress all your workers” (Isaiah 58:3). True religion loosens “the bonds of injustice" (Isa 58:6) while self-serving religion is false religion. This tension between true religion and false religion is a critical opportunity for those who would follow Jesus instead of “Caesar.”
Author : Francesco Carotta
Release : 2005
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 961/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Jesus was Caesar by : Francesco Carotta
Download or read book Jesus was Caesar written by Francesco Carotta. This book was released on 2005. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The question is: Is Jesus Divus Julius? (Is Jesus the historical figure of Divus Julius, the god to which Julius Caesar was elevated?). The iconography of Caesar do not fit our idea of him. In our minds Caesar is a field marshall and a dictator. However, authentic images portray the idea of the clementia Caesaris, a clement Caesar. Jesus' life is congruent to the life of Caesar. Both Julius Caesar and Jesus began their careers in northern countries: Caesar in Gaul, Jesus in Galilee; both cross a fatal river: the Rubicon and the Jordan; both then enter cities; Corfinium and Cafarnaum; Caesar finds Corfinium occupied by a man of Pompey and besieges him, while Jesus finds a man possessed by an impure spirit. There is similarity in structure as well as in place names. People in the stories of Caesar and of Jesus are structurally the same people, even by name and location. Caesar's most famous quotations are found in the gospels in structurally significant places.
