TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wright,N.T.
AU  - Bird,Michael F.
TI  - Jesus and the powers: Christian political witness in an age of totalitarian terror and dysfunctional democracies 
SN  - 9780310162247
AV  - BR 115.P7 W75 2024
PY  - 2024///
CY  - Grand Rapids, Michigan
PB  - Zondervan Reference
KW  - Christianity and politics
KW  - Power (Christian theology)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents; The Kingdom of Jesus in the shadow of empire; The Church between Jesus and Caesar; Power and the 'powers' in early Christianity: John, Paul and the paradox of biblical politics; The Kingdom of God as vision and vocation; The Church between submission and subversion; The Church resisting the powers of today; Liberalism and love in a time of fear and fragmentation; Conclusion
N2  - "Should Christians be politically withdrawn, avoiding participation in politics to maintain their prophetic voice and to keep from being used as political pawns? Or should Christians be actively involved, seeking to control and utilize political systems to control the levers of power?"; "In Jesus and the Powers, N.T. Wright and Michael F. Bird call Christians everywhere to discern the nature of Christian witness in fractured political environments. In an age of ascending autocracies, in a time of fear and fragmentation, amid carnage and crises, Jesus is king, and Jesus's kingdom remains the object of the church's witness and work."
ER  -