The notion of the church as a countercultural community of disciples confounds many conventional divides within the Christian family (liberal and conservative, church and sect), while forcing redefinition of commonplace categories like religion and politics, sacred and secular. The contributors to this book—theologians, social theorists, philosophers, historians, Catholics and Protestants of various backgrounds—reflect this shifting of categories and divisions. The book provides thought-provoking Christian perspectives on war and genocide, racism and nationalism, the legitimacy of liberalism and capitalism, and more.
Contributors include Michael J. Baxter, Robert W. Brimlow, Walter Brueggemann, Michael L. Budde, Curt Cadorette, Rodney Clapp, Roberto S. Goizueta, Stanley Hauerwas, Marianne Sawicki, and Michael Warren.
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Introduction1
Practicing the Politics of Jesus
Rodney Clapp
2
Always in the Shadow of the Empire
Walter Brueggemann
3
Salt and Leaven: Resistances to Empire in the Street-Smart Paleochurch
Marianne Sawicki
4
The Nonviolent Terrorist: In Defense of Christian Fanaticism
Stanley Hauerwas
5
Solomon’s Porch: The Church as Sectarian Ghetto
Robert W. Brimlow
6
Decisions That Inscribe Life’s Patterns
Michael Warren
7
Legion and the Believing Community: Discipleship in an Imperial Age
Curt Cadorette
8
‘There You Will See Him’: Christianity Beyond the Frontier Myth
Roberto S. Goizueta
9
‘Blowing the Dynamite of the Church’: Catholic Radicalism from a Catholic Radicalist Perspective
Michael J. Baxter, C.S.C.
10
Pledging Allegiance: Reflections on Discipleship and the Church After Rwanda
Michael L. Budde
Contributors
Index
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Michael L. Budde is Associate Professor of Political Science at De Paul University and the author ofThe (Magic) Kingdom of God: Christianity and Global Culture Industries and
The Two Churches: Catholicism and Capitalism in the World System.
Robert W. Brimlow is Associate Professor of Philosophy at St. John Fisher College.