God and empire
Subtitle: Jesus against Rome, then and now
By: John Dominic Crossan.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco
Published: 2007
Place of publication: [San Francisco]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9780060843236
Subjects: Jesus Christ -- Person and offices; Christianity and politics; Christianity and culture; Power (Christian theology); Church history; Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D; United States -- Politics and government
Other titles: God & empire
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: Empire and the barbarism of civilization; title: God and the ambiguity of power; title: Jesus and the kingdom of God; title: Paul and the justice of equality; title: Apocalypse and the pornography of violence; title: Epilogue; title: Index.