At the heart of the Bible is a moral and ethical call to fight
unjust superpowers, whether they are Babylon, Rome, or even
America.
From the divine punishment and promise found in Genesis through
the revolutionary messages of Jesus and Paul, John Dominic Crossan
reveals what the Bible has to say about land and economy, violence
and retribution, justice and peace, and, ultimately, redemption. In
contrast to the oppressive Roman military occupation of the first
century, he 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 U.S. 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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