The Universe Bends Toward Justice: Radical Reflections On The Bible, The Church, And The Body Politic
by Obery M. Hendricks, Jr
Orbis Books (Nov 01, 2011)
Paperback, 256 pages
Nonfiction
Description of The Universe Bends Toward Justice: Radical Reflections On The Bible, The Church, And The Body Politic by Obery M. Hendricks, Jr
In these passionate and wide-ranging essays Obery Hendricks offers a challenging engagement with spirituality, economics, politics, contemporary Christianity, and the abuses committed in its name. Among his themes: the gap between the spirituality of the church and the spirituality of Jesus; the ways in which contemporary versions of gospel music sensationalize today s churches into social and political irrelevance; how the economic principles and policies espoused by the religious right betray the most basic principles of the same biblical tradition they claim to hold dear; the domestication of Martin Luther King s message to foster a political complacency that dishonors King s sacrifices. He ends with a stinging rebuke of the religious right s idolatrous patriotism in a radical manifesto for those who would practice the politics of Jesus in the public sphere.

- ISBN: 9781570759406
- Imprint: Orbis Books
- Publisher: Orbis Books
- Parent Company: Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers
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