The Politics of Jesus: Rediscovering the True Revolutionary Nature of Jesus' Teachings and How They Have Been Corrupted
Who was Jesus? And how was this first-century political revolutionary, whose teachings are meant to lead the way to freedom, turned into a meek and mild servant of the status quo? How is it possible to profess a belief in Jesus, yet ignore the suffering of the poor and the needy? Just how truly faithful to the vision of Jesus are the many politicians who claim to be Christian? These are the kinds of questions Obery Hendricks, a biblical scholar, activist, and minister, asks in this provocative new book. In this day and age of heated political debate, Hendricks’s The Politics of Jesus stands out as much for its brilliant re-creation of the life and mind of Jesus of Nazareth as for its scathing critique of modern politicians “of faith.”
The Politics of Jesus
Treat the People’s Needs as Holy
“To say that Jesus was a political revolutionary is to say that the message he proclaimed not only called for change in individual hearts but also demanded comprehensive change in the political, social, and economic structures in his setting in life…. so all people – particularly the little people, or “the least of these,” as Jesus called them – might have lives free of political repression, enforced hunger and poverty, and undue insecurity…. He not only sought to address the symptoms of the people’s suffering, but also to alleviate the systemic causes of their suffering.”
From The Politics of Jesus: Rediscovering the True Revolutionary Nature of Jesus’ Teachings and How They Have Been Corrupted, by Obery M. Hendricks, Jr. (Doubleday, )
A crucial goal of Jesus’ ministry was to radically change the distribution of authority and power, goods and resources, so all people might have lives free of political repression, enforced hunger and poverty, and undue insecurity.
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A life long social activist, Obery Hendricks is one of the foremost commentators on the intersection of religion and political economy in America. He is the most widely read and perhaps the most influential African American biblical scholar today. Cornel West calls him “one of the last few grand prophetic intellectuals.”
A widely sought lecturer and media spokesperson, Dr. Hendricks’ appearances include CNN, MSNBC, CBS, Fox News, Fox Business News, the Discovery Channel, PBS, BBC, NHK Japan Television and the Bloomberg Network. He has provided running event commentary for National Public Radio, MSNBC, and the al-Jazeera and Aspire international television networks. Dr. Hendricks has been a member of the Faith Advisory Council of the Democratic National Committee, for whom he delivered the closing benediction at the Democratic Convention; served on the National Religious Leaders Advisory Committee of the Democratic Presidential campaign and served in the Religion and Foreign Policy Working Group at the U. S. Department of State under Secretaries of State Hillary Clinton and John Kerry. He has been a Distinguished Senior Fellow at The Democracy Collaborative in Washington, DC; a
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EDUCATION
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ Ph.D., Religion (Religions of Late Antiquity).
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ M.A., Religion (Religions of Late Antiquity).
Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ , With Honors.
Rutgers Graduate School of Management, Newark, NJ, MBA, (degree not completed).
Rutgers University, Newark, NJ B.A., (Political Science).
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
Senior Faith and Opportunity Fellow, The Opportunity Agenda, New York, NY
(Interim) Executive Director, East Orange (NJ) Economic Development Corporation,
Investment Executive, Kidder, Peabody and Company, New York, NY
Investment Executive, Merrill Lynch and Company, New York, NY
Registered Representative, E. F. Hutton and Company, New York, NY
ACADEMIA
Visiting Professor, Union Theological Seminary. New York, NY &#;
Emeritus Professor of Biblical Interpretation, New York Theological Seminary, –
Visiting Scholar and Research Fellow, Department of Religion and Institute for Research in
African American Studies (IRAAS), Columbia University, &#;
President, Payne Theological Seminary, Wilberforce, OH
Professor of Biblica
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