(++) What Jesus Meant (2006 Wills), non-fiction

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What Jesus Meant (2006) is a book by Garry Wills.

Abstract

"In what are billed as "culture wars," people on the political right and the political left cite Jesus as endorsing their views. Wills argues that Jesus subscribed to no political program--He was far more radical than that. It is only by dodges and evasions that people misrepresent what Jesus plainly had to say against power, the wealthy, and religion itself. Jesus came from the working class, and he spoke to and for that class. This book will challenge the assumptions of almost everyone who brings religion into politics--"Christian socialists" as well as biblical theocrats. But Wills is just as critical of those who would make Jesus a mere ethical teacher, ignoring or playing down his divinity--Jesus without the Resurrection is simply not the Jesus of the gospels. He argues that this does not make people embrace an otherworldliness that ignores the poor or the problems of our time."--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in New York, NY: Viking, 2006.

Contents

Foreword: Christ not a Christian -- The hidden years -- The work begins -- The radical Jesus -- Against religion -- Heaven's reign -- Descent into hell -- The death of God -- The life of God -- Afterword

External links

  • [ Google Books]
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