Jesus and the Powers: Christian Political Witness, by N. T. Wright & Michael Bird

Should Christians avoid participating in politics to keep from being used as political pawns, or should they be actively involved?

In Jesus and the Powers, N. T. Wright and Michael 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.

Using a mix of political theology, biblical insights, and church history, this book argues that building for Jesus' kingdom requires a confrontation of the empires on all fronts, orienting Christians towards political engagement that contributes to free democratic societies and opposing schemes based on autocracy and nationalism. Wright and Bird reflect on the relevance of a kingdom-oriented approach to current events including the Russian-Ukraine conflict, the China-Taiwan tension, political turmoil in the USA, UK, and Australia, and the problem of Christian nationalism.

• Jesus and the Powers: Christian Political Witness in an Age of Totalitarian Terror and Dysfunctional Democracies, by N. T. Wright & Michael Bird
• 208 pages
• Paperback
• ISBN: 9780310162247

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