Kingdom Politics vs. Imperial Power

John Dominic Crossan, God and Empire: Jesus Against Rome, Then and Now Jesus of Nazareth, the man believers call Christ, existed in a time and place. Too many Christians read the Gospels like a fairy tale, a pleasant lesson unmoored from historical context. But, as former Servite Catholic priest and DePaul professor John Dominic Crossan writes, Jesus’ mission took place in the direct shadow of…