Republican Jesus

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How the Right Has Rewritten the Gospels

By Tony Keddie

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Republican Jesus by Tony Keddie offers a complete guide to debunking right-wing misinterpretations of the Bible—from economics and immigration to gender and sexuality. It reveals how conservative politicians and preachers have crafted a distorted version of Jesus that suits their political agenda, often based on cherry-picked and misread gospel texts. Keddie restores these passages to their original literary and historical contexts, dismantling the biblical justifications for Republican stances on Big Government, taxation, abortion, immigration, and climate change, while introducing readers to the true ethics and experiences of the historical Jesus.
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This book is ideal for readers interested in religion, US politics, and those seeking to understand and challenge the political misuse of biblical texts.

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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.

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Praised as "witty, insightful" and "thorough, convincing" by Publishers Weekly, the book is noted for being "accessible and gracefully written" (Religion Dispatches) and "engaging, well organized, and historically informed" (CHOICE). Reading Religion highlights it as a "witty, utterly convincing case" and an important study on the politics of biblical citation in the US.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780520356238

Publisher: University of California Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 06 October 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: University of California Press

Illustration: 19 b-w photographs, 2 maps

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 36.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 590g

Pages: 376

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About the Author

Tony Keddie is Assistant Professor of Early Christian History and Literature at the University of British Columbia and author of Class and Power in Roman Palestine and Revelations of Ideology.