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THE QUESTION
Jesus a Social Revolutionary?
Was Jesus a social revolutionary? Why or why not? Pope Benedict XVI's trip to Brazil revives worldwide interest in this question.
Posted by
Sally Quinn and Jon Meacham on May 9, 2007 6:07 AM
FROM THE PANEL
Jesus Broke Barriers; Pope Builds Them
Pope Benedict XVI and his predecessor John Paul II have consistently put themselves on the side of the aristocracy, the landowners and the well-to-do in Latin America.
Posted by John Shelby Spong, on May 13, 2007 4:59 PM
President Bush, Jesus and Social Revolution
Jesus’ call to prioritize the poor, the sick, the prisoner, the hungry speaks to a radical alteration of the social order.
Posted by David Saperstein, on May 13, 2007 1:29 PM
Changing People From the Inside Out
Jesus Christ did not come to the world to forcibly engineer social revolution or foment rebellion, but to effect spiritual regeneration.
Posted by Michael Otterson, on May 13, 2007 11:32 AM
God's Non-Violent Revolutionary
Jesus was not a secular social revolutionary. He was God's revolutionary.
Posted by Marcus Borg, on May 11, 2007 10:33 AM
Accuracy and Inadequacy
Jesus—at least for myself as a Christian—exemplified the justice of God over against the injustice of imperial power.
Posted by John Dominic Crossan, on May 11, 2007 9:33 AM
A Revolutionary of Revolutionaries
His was a revolution not of principalities, but of the human heart.
Posted by Charles "Chuck" Colson, on May 11, 2007 8:09 AM
Jesus Taught Revolution in an Evolutionay Way
Jesus was supra-political, beyond our limited conception, and he was also concerned with our internal, personal transformation.
Posted by Jim Cooper, on May 11, 2007 7:36 AM
Revolution of the Heart
In advancing this revolutionary objective, therefore, Jesus began with a call to personal conversion.
Posted by William J. Byron, on May 10, 2007 9:18 AM
Social and Non-Violent
What the gospel portraits of Jesus show is that he "non-violently" was an upsetter for the sake of justice and love.
Posted by Martin Marty, on May 10, 2007 8:40 AM
Thinking Critically About Politics and Justice
Jesus wants us to think critically about accepted political and economic policies, as well as about widespread social practices.
Posted by Richard Mouw, on May 10, 2007 7:06 AM
Revolutionary Love
The Jesus revolution was powered by love not by force.
Posted by Thomas J. Reese, S.J., on May 10, 2007 6:36 AM
Tip from Jesus: Watch the Money
Just watch what people do with their money and then go to the Bible and underline all the texts about wealth and poverty.
Posted by Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite, on May 9, 2007 10:21 AM
Salvation the True Liberation
A person who engages in political revolution, but dies unredeemed, spends eternity apart from God.
Posted by Cal Thomas, on May 9, 2007 9:48 AM
The Man Nobody Knows
Jesus, it seems, is just about anyone any Christian wants him to be. Poor man.
Posted by Susan Jacoby, on May 9, 2007 8:09 AM
Don't Limit Jesus to This World
Jesus was a social revolutionary in the same way that Mozart was brilliant at counterpoint.
Posted by Nicholas T. Wright, on May 9, 2007 7:52 AM
FEATURED COMMENTS
AfghanVet: Rebel...heck, he was a subversive. He took on both the corrupt Jewish leadership as well as the Romans! Some historians think he trashed t...
Concerned The Christian Now Liberated: NT scholars "take" on the historical Jesus from http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/theories.html
(note that four of these NT exegetes ar...
Daniel Wargo: I do not think Jesus would look to many religious leaders when questions arise concerning biology ( abortion, birth control, stem cell resea...
