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Jesus Against Christianity

Reclaiming the Missing Jesus

By: Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer

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Jesus Against Christianity

Reclaiming the Missing Jesus

By: Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer

Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer explores how the historical figure of Jesus has been separated from the Christ of faith, and how that has radically disconnected the church from the Jesus of history.

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1563383624

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War Against the Poor

Low-Intensity Conflict and Christian Faith

By: Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer

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War Against the Poor

Low-Intensity Conflict and Christian Faith

By: Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer

The strategy of low-intensity conflict (or LIC) is a little-known yet sophisticated and deadly form of U.S. intervention in the Third World. Drawing heavily on his own experience of living and working in Central America, Nelson-Pallmeyer shows how LIC victimizes the poor through various techniques: disinformation, manipulation of elections, economic exploitation, even--as with the contras in Nicaragua--outright terrorism. Low-intensity conflict does more than disable the poor. It also threatens U.S. democracy and undermines Christian faith. By integrating economic, psychological, diplomatic, and military aspects of war into a "unified package" designed to manage or block social change in the Third World, U.S. "special interests" use LIC to protect their elite positions and profits. So cynical in outline, and so damaging in practice, Nelson Pallmeyer argues LIC presents Christians in the United States with a situation similar to that faced by the Confessing Churches in Nazi Germany.

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153261702X

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Brave New World Order

Must We Pledge Allegiance?

By: Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer

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Must We Pledge Allegiance?

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1532617011

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Is Religion Killing Us?

Violence in the Bible and the Quran

By: Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer

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Is Religion Killing Us?

Violence in the Bible and the Quran

By: Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer

Coverage of recent world events has focused on violence associated with Islam. In this courageous and controversial book, Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer claims that this narrow view ignores the broader and unfortunate relationship between human violence and the sacred texts of Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Both the Bible and the Quran, he believes, are riddled with violent images of God and with passages that can be reasonably interpreted to justify violence against enemies in service to God's will. According to Nelson-Pallmeyer, many wondered how Muslims could in God's name kill innocent civilians by flying airplanes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Few, however, questioned U.S. leaders and citizens invoking God's name, or assuming God's favor, to fight the responsive "war against terrorism." And in the Middle East, the roots of the continuing and seemingly unsolvable conflict and violence are to be found in both the Torah and the Quran. Nelson-Pallmeyer challenges the understanding of power that lies at the heart of the sacred texts of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He argues that nonviolence is powerful and necessary and that a viable future for human beings and the planet depends on challenging the ways in which sacred texts reinforce visions of power that are largely abusive. A viable future, he says, depends on re-visioning God's power. Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer is Assistant Professor of Justice and Peace Studies at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. For more than twenty years he has studied and written about the relationship of religion, violence, and peace, and his books include Jesus Against Christianity: Reclaiming the Missing Jesus (Trinity Press International) and School of Assassins: Guns, Greed, and Globalization.

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0567666263

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Jesus Against Christianity

Reclaiming the Missing Jesus

By: Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer

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Reclaiming the Missing Jesus

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This illuminating exploration of how and why Christianity became so radically disconnected from the Jesus of history provides suggestions for returning the true Jesus of Nazareth to the center of Christian faith.

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0567141306

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War Against the Poor

Low-Intensity Conflict and Christian Faith

By: Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer

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Low-Intensity Conflict and Christian Faith

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Worship in the Spirit of Jesus

Theology Liturgy and Songs Without Violence

By: Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer,Bret Hesla

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Worship in the Spirit of Jesus

Theology Liturgy and Songs Without Violence

By: Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer,Bret Hesla

(list after endorsements) Worship in the Spirit of Jesus has three main goals: - to engage adult lay Christians in discussions that examine how and why Christianity came to have so many violent images and expectations of God - to describe the historical and modern consequences of these violent images and expectations - to offer alternative theological understandings and worship resources that are rooted in the nonviolent spirit of Jesus

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160899614X

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Brave New World Order

By: Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer

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Brave New World Order

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In the aftermath of the Cold War, Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer offers his most challenging book to date: a probing assessment of the meaning and implications of what U.S. leaders have called a ""new world order."" While the end of the Cold War and the mobilization of sanctions against Iraq opened the possibility of a truly new world order, Nelson-Pallmeyer argues that the Gulf War was used to serve a very different purpose. United States elites in the national security establishment instead sought to make the world safe for future wars, to derail the post-Cold War ""peace dividend,"" and to foreclose the possibility of a world order based on international justice and commitment to human rights. From the perspective of the Third World, where ever-greater debt leads to ever-greater death, Nelson-Pallmeyer shows how the ""new world order"" is only a new way of managing the old world order: the misery of the poor will continue to sustain the appetites of the rich. Parallel to the increased pauperization of the Third World, the 1980s saw the massive transfer of wealth within the United States, from the poor to the very wealthy. The consequences: the decay of our cities and dramatic increases in racial violence, drug abuse, and crime. At the same time, the impending ecological crisis has escalated rapidly. Finally, Nelson-Pallmeyer turns his attention to the role of Christians in blessing the ""new world order."" Appalled by the abuse of religious rhetoric in justification of the Gulf War he examines how Jesus confronted the ""world order"" of his day, and calls for a radical discipleship that worships the God of life rather than the idols of power and wealth. Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer is Associate Professor of Justice and Peace Studies at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota. Jack is a graduate of St. Olaf College where he majored in Political Science. He did his theological training at Union Theological Seminary in New York City where he received a Master of Divinity degree. Jack is an activist academic whose life and work are focused on addressing the political, economic, faith, and foreign policy dimensions of hunger and poverty. Jack is the author of thirteen books, some of which have been used by progressive social change movements in this country and throughout the world. His life, work, and writings focus on peace and justice issues, including: hunger and poverty; U.S. foreign policy; economic justice; authentic hope; religion and violence; the nonviolent practices of Jesus; and, many problems associated with U.S. militarism. Present priority concerns include: how and why the United States became a permanent warfare state with few seeming to care; alternatives to violence; climate change and ecological challenges; inequality; and pathways to meaningful social change. Jack is married to Sara Nelson-Pallmeyer and has three daughters (Hannah, Audrey and Naomi). He loves to play racquetball and to garden.

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1498241387

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Brave New World Order

Must We Pledge Allegiance?

By: Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer

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Must We Pledge Allegiance?

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The Quotable Atheist

Ammunition for Nonbelievers, Political Junkies, Gadflies, and Those Generally Hell-Bound

By: Jack Huberman

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The Quotable Atheist

Ammunition for Nonbelievers, Political Junkies, Gadflies, and Those Generally Hell-Bound

By: Jack Huberman

Surprisingly, no book of quotations on God and religion by atheists and agnostics exists. Luckily, for the millions of American nonbelievers who have quietly stewed for years as the religious right made gains in politics and culture, the wait is over. Bestselling author Jack Huberman's zeitgeist sense has honed into the backlash building against religious fundamentalism and collected a veritable treasure trove of quotes by philosophers, scientists, poets, writers, artists, entertainers, and political figures. His colorful cast of atheists includes Karen Armstrong, Lance Armstrong, Jules Feiffer, Federico Fellini, H. L. Mencken, Ian McKellen, Isaac Singer, Jonathan Swift, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Virginia Woolf and the Marquis de Sade.

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1568584199

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Is Religion Killing Us?

Violence in the Bible and the Quran

By: Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer

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Jesus Against Christianity

Jesus Against Christianity

War Against the Poor

War Against the Poor

Brave New World Order

Brave New World Order

Is Religion Killing Us?

Is Religion Killing Us?

Jesus Against Christianity

Jesus Against Christianity

War Against the Poor

War Against the Poor

Worship in the Spirit of Jesus

Worship in the Spirit of Jesus

Brave New World Order

Brave New World Order

Brave New World Order

Brave New World Order

The Quotable Atheist

The Quotable Atheist

Is Religion Killing Us?

Is Religion Killing Us?

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