The Universe Bends Toward Justice
Radical Reflections on the Bible, the Church, and the Body Politic
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By Obery M., JR. Hendricks
In these passionate and wide-ranging essays Obery Hendricks offers a challenging engagement with spirituality, economics, politics, contemporary Christianity, and the abuses committed in its name. Among his themes: the gap between the spirituality of the church and the spirituality of Jesus; the ways in which contemporary versions of gospel music "sensationalize" today's churches into social and political irrelevance; how the economic principles and policies espoused by the religious right betray the most basic principles of the same biblical tradition they claim to hold dear; the domestication of Martin Luther King's message to foster a political complacency that dishonors King's sacrifices. He ends with a stinging rebuke of the religious right's idolatrous "patriotism" in a radical manifesto for those who would practice "the politics of Jesus" in the public sphere.
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SKU:
9781570759406
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Manufacturer:
Orbis Books
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Language of Text:
English
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ISBN 13:
9781570759406
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Publication Date:
09/01/2011
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Format:
Paperback
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Author:
Obery M., JR. Hendricks
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Page Count:
192
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Width:
1.00 inches
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Height:
1.00 inches
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Length:
1.00 inches
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Weight:
0.91 pounds
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