Rieger, Joerg

Jesus vs. Caesar : for people tired of serving the wrong God / Joerg Rieger. - Nashville : Abingdon Press, c2018. - 149 p.; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents: " Christians as Atheists?: On the Heart of Christianity -- Give to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's: On Religion and Politics -- Materialism of Religion: On Religion and Things That Matter -- God vs. Mammon: On Religion and Economics -- Way, the Truth and the Life?: On Interreligious and Other Dialogues.

"The tensions between Jesus and Caesar addressed in this book strike at the heart of Christianity. The tension is not primarily between two individuals (Jesus never met Augustus or Tiberius-the Roman emperors of his time); the tension is between two ways of life that include religion, politics, economics, and everything else that makes us human"--Introduction.

9781501842672


Church and state
Christianity and politics
Materialism--Religious aspects--Christianity
Economics--Religious aspects--Christianity
Christianity and other religions

BV 630.3 / .R54 2018