Jesus in an Age of Neoliberalism: Quests, Scholarship and Ideology

by James G. Crossley

Overview

'Jesus in an Age of Neoliberalism' analyses the ideology underpinning contemporary scholarly and popular quests for the historical Jesus. Focusing on cultural and political issues, the book examines postmodernism, multiculturalism and the liberal masking of power. The study ranges across diverse topics: the dubious periodisation of the quest for the historical Jesus; 'biblioblogging'; Jesus the 'Great Man' and western individualism; image-conscious Jesus scholarship; the 'Jewishness' of Jesus and the multicultural Other; evangelical and 'mythical' Jesuses; and the contradictions between personal beliefs and dominant ideological trends in the construction of historical Jesuses. 'Jesus in an Age of Neoliberalism' offers readers a radical revisioning of contemporary biblical studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781908049704
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/01/2012
Series:	BibleWorld
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

James G. Crossley is Professor of Bible, Culture and Politics in the Department of Biblical Studies at the University of Sheffield.

Table of Contents

Preface Chapter 1: Introduction: Jesus Quests and Contexts PART I: From Mont Pelerin to Eternity? Contextualising an Age of Neoliberalism Chapter 2: Neoliberalism and Postmodernity Chapter 3: Biblioblogging: Connected Scholarship Chapter 4: 'Not Made by Great Men'? The Quest for the Individual Christ Chapter 5: 'Never Trust a Hippy': Finding a Liberal Jesus Where You Might Not Think PART II: Jesus in an Age of Neoliberalism Chapter 6: A 'fundamentally unreliable adoration': 'Jewishness' and the Multicultural Jesus Chapter 7: The Jesus Who Wasn't There? Conservative Christianity, Atheism and Other Religious Influences PART III: Contradictions Chapter 8: 'Forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing!' Other Problems, Extremes and the Social World of Jesus Chapter 9: Red Tory Christ Chapter 10: Conclusion