Jesus and Empire: The Kingdom of God and the New World Disorder

Richard A. Horsley

Fortress Press, 2003 - Religion - 178 pages

Building on his earlier studies of Jesus, Galilee, and the social upheavals in Roman Palestine, Horsley focuses his attention on how Jesus' proclamation of the kingdom of God relates to Roman and Herodian power politics. In addition he examines how modern ideologies relate to Jesus' proclamation.

About the author

Richard A. Horsley is Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and the Study of Religion at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He is the author of The Message and the Kingdom (2002 with Neil Asher Siberman), Jesus and the Spiral of Violence (1992), and Jesus and the Empire (2002).

Bibliographic information

• Title: Jesus and Empire: The Kingdom of God and the New World Disorder; G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series
• Author: Richard A. Horsley
• Edition: 3
• Publisher: Fortress Press, 2003
• ISBN: 080063490X, 9780800634902
• Length: 178 pages
• Subjects: Religion / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / New Testament; Religion / Biblical Studies / General; Religion / Christian Theology / Christology; Religion / Christian Theology / Systematic