| Description |
1 online resource (265 pages) |
| Series |
BibleWorld |
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BibleWorld
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements and Pre(r)amble; 1. Introduction: Jesus Quests and Contexts; Part I: From Mont Pelerin to Eternity? Contextualizing an Age of Neoliberalism; 2. Neoliberalism and Postmodernity; 3. Biblioblogging: Connected Scholarship; 4. 'Not Made by Great Men'? The Quest for the Individual Christ; 5. 'Never Trust a Hippy': Finding a Liberal Jesus Where You Might Not Think; Part II: Jesus in an Age of Neoliberalism; 6. A 'Fundamentally Unreliable Adoration': 'Jewishness' and the Multicultural Jesus |
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7. The Jesus Who Wasn't There? Conservative Christianity, Atheism and Other Religious InfluencesPart III: Contradictions; 8. 'Forgive Them; for They Do Not Know What They Are Doing!' Other Problems, Extremes and the Social World of Jesus; 9. Red Tory Christ; 10. Conclusion: They Know It and They Don't; Bibliography; Index of Ancient Sources; Index of Authors; Index of Subjects |
| Summary |
'Jesus in an Age of Neoliberalism' analyses the ideology underpinning contemporary scholarly and popular quests for the historical Jesus. Focusing on cultural and political issues, the book examines postmodernism, multiculturalism and the liberal masking of power. The study ranges across diverse topics: the dubious periodisation of the quest for the historical Jesus; 'biblioblogging'; Jesus the 'Great Man' and western individualism; image-conscious Jesus scholarship; the 'Jewishness' of Jesus and the multicultural Other; evangelical and 'mythical' Jesuses; and the contradictions between person |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Jesus Christ -- Biography -- History and criticism.
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Jesus Christ -- Historicity.
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| SUBJECT |
Jesus Christ fast |
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Neoliberalism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History
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RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Christology.
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Neoliberalism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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Biography
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Historicity of Jesus Christ
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317546122 |
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1317546121 |
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9781317546115 |
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1317546113 |
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9781315729503 |
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1315729504 |
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9781317546108 |
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1317546105 |
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