The God You Have: Politics, Religion, and the First Commandment: x (Facets) - Softcover

Patrick D. Miller

 
9780800636623: The God You Have: Politics, Religion, and the First Commandment: x (Facets)

Synopsis

In this bracing call to serious thought, esteemed biblical theologian Patrick Miller looks to the First Commandment in the fight against the misappropriation of theological themes for political ends''the coalescence of God and country, the takeover of the language of faith in the speech of politics, and the confusion of loyalty with obedience.''

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About the Author

Patrick D. Miller is Charles T. Haley Professor of Old Testament Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary and the author of two Fortress Press volumes: They Cried to the Lord: The Form and Theology of Biblical Prayer (1994) and Interpreting the Psalms (1986).

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