University of California Press
Republican Jesus: How the Right Has Rewritten the Gospels
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- Tony Keddie
- University of California Press
- Paperback
- 9780520385696
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- Political Science > Political Ideologies - Conservatism & Liberalism
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
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 that 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.
Author Bio
Originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, I received my B.A. in Religion from Temple University, M.A.R. (Master of Arts in Religion) in Second Temple Judaism from Yale Divinity School, and Ph.D. in Religion in the Ancient Mediterranean from The University of Texas at Austin before joining the faculty of Classical, Near Eastern, and Religious Studies at UBC in 2017.
I am a specialist in Second Temple Judaism and the New Testament with a particular interest in developing critical theoretical approaches that integrate the study of archaeological and literary sources, critically examine religion’s roles in legitimating power and instigating resistance, and recenter the experiences of marginalized persons that have been occluded by our surviving literary sources.
I am also interested in the reception of the New Testament, particularly in contemporary U.S. politics. During my graduate training, I enjoyed being involved in archaeological excavations in Israel and Italy—particularly, the excavations of the synagogue in Ostia, Italy.
Source: The University of British Columbia
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