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Republican Jesus
2020
Overview
The complete guide to debunking right-wing
misinterpretations of the Bible-from economics and immigration to
gender and sexuality.
Jesus loves borders, guns, unborn babies, and economic
prosperity and hates homosexuality, taxes, welfare, and universal
healthcare-or 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 who speaks to their fears,
desires, and resentments. In Republican Jesus, Tony Keddie
explains not only where this right-wing Christ came from and what
he stands for but also why this version of Jesus is a fraud. By
restoring Republicans' cherry-picked gospel texts to their original
literary and historical contexts, Keddie dismantles the biblical
basis for Republican positions on hot-button 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.
Publisher
University of California Press
Subject
ISBN
0520356233, 9780520356238, 0520976029, 9780520976023, 9780520385696, 0520385691
