New book from N.T. Wright and Michael F. Bird: |
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Should Christians be politically withdrawn, avoiding participation in politics to maintain their prophetic voice and to keep from being used as political pawns? Or should Christians be actively involved, seeking to utilize political systems to control the levers of power? |
In Jesus and the Powers, N. T. Wright and Michael F. Bird call Christians everywhere to discern the nature of Christian witness in fractured political environments. |
Part political theology, part biblical overview, and part church history, this book argues that building for Jesus’s kingdom requires confronting empire in all its forms. |
Why we wrote Jesus and the Powers |
"Jesus and the Powers has one objective: to say that, in an age of ascending autocracies, in a time of fear and fragmentation, amid carnage and crises, Jesus is King, and Jesus' kingdom remains the object of the Church's witness and work." |
—N.T. Wright & Michael F. Bird, from the preface |
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Praise for Jesus and the Powers |
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| | "Readers across religious and political spectrums will find much to grapple with in this sharply written text."
—Kristin Kobes Dumez, Calvin University, author of Jesus and John Wayne |
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| | "An excellent, short pilgrimage in biblical political theology!... We need this book acutely."
—Miroslav Volf, Yale University |
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| | "Read this book... and pursue public faithfulness while resting in truth."
—Vincent Bacote, director of the Center for Applied Christian Ethics, Wheaton College |
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| | "I know of no other book that comes even close to locating, so insightfully and in such rich detail, Christian political activity within the context of the coming of the kingdom." —Nicholas Wolterstorff, Yale University |
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| | "Helps us think clearly and deeply about what Christians are called to be and do in our present day."
—Andrew L. Whitehead, author of American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church |
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| | "In a time when Christians face pressure to either remain silent about God’s kingdom or conquer their opponents in its name, Wright and Bird call the church to choose neither."
—Samuel L. Perry, coauthor of The Flag and the Cross: Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy |
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| | "Wright and Bird help us situate where the church sits between presidents and principalities."
—Patrick Schreiner, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, author of Political Gospel: Public Witness in a Politically Crazy World |
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| | "N. T. Wright and Michael F. Bird draw on a wide array of historical, biblical, and theological resources to offer a much-needed contribution to discussions regarding Christian faith and politics."
—Amy E. Black, professor of political science, Wheaton College |
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| | "In Jesus and the Powers, you will find Mike Bird and Tom Wright neither fence-sitting nor drumbeating, but guiding Christians thoughtfully, practically, and jovially through a minefield of contemporary political and social questions..."
—Christopher Watkin, author of Biblical Critical Theory |
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| | "Their invitation to explore what faithfulness means between Christian separatism and Christian nationalism is a gift..."
—Amos Yong, Fuller Theological Seminary |
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