Converting Christians to the Jesus Ethic - Softcover

Pregeant, Russell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1666749508 ISBN 13: 9781666749502

Publisher: Cascade Books, 2023

Synopsis

Most Christians believe that their views on social and political issues are biblically based. But are they really? Sometimes, Pregeant suggests, an exclusive emphasis on Jesus’ death and resurrection crowds out the role of Jesus as teacher and example. This obscures the way in which authentic Christian faith cuts against the grain of many of our contemporary cultural values. The result is that some Christians unknowingly allow those secular values to undermine the potential of the gospel to challenge the injustices in our economic system and other aspects of our lives together. The author therefore invites the reader to an in-depth encounter with Jesus’ ethical teachings and related biblical materials as a way of recovering that dimension of Christian discipleship. And the irony is this: some readers might find that even though they think of themselves as countercultural, they are in some ways quite captive to values that are actually counterbiblical. There is, however, a remedy for this—conversion of Christians to the Jesus ethic!

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About the Author

Russell Pregeant is Professor of Religion and Philosophy and Chaplain Emeritus at Curry College in Milton, Massachusetts, and was frequently Visiting Professor in New Testament at Andover Newton Theological School. He is the author of several books, including Reading the Bible for All the Wrong Reasons (2011) and Encounter with the New Testament (2009).

Edition details

• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1666749508
• ISBN 13: 9781666749502
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 134