Tony Keddie is Associate Professor of Early Christian History and Literature at the University of British Columbia and author of Class and Power in Roman Palestine and Revelations of Ideology.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsA Note to ReadersIntroductionPART ONE. WHO IS REPUBLICAN JESUS?1. A Portrait of Republican JesusPART TWO. WHERE DOES REPUBLICAN JESUS COME FROM?2. Early Modern Heralds3. A Corporate Assault on the New Deal4. Tea and Prosperity in the Age of TrumpPART THREE. WHAT DOES REPUBLICAN JESUS STAND FOR? IS HE RIGHT OR WRONG?5. Family Values6. Charity7. Church and State8. Protection from Invaders9. The End of the WorldAfterwordNotesSuggestions for Further ReadingIndex

“Witty, insightful . . . . A thorough, convincing study that’s perfect for anyone flummoxed by misuses of the teachings of Jesus.”

Tony Keddie is Associate Professor of Early Christian History and Literature at the University of British Columbia and author of Class and Power in Roman Palestine and Revelations of Ideology.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsA Note to ReadersIntroductionPART ONE. WHO IS REPUBLICAN JESUS?1. A Portrait of Republican JesusPART TWO. WHERE DOES REPUBLICAN JESUS COME FROM?2. Early Modern Heralds3. A Corporate Assault on the New Deal4. Tea and Prosperity in the Age of TrumpPART THREE. WHAT DOES REPUBLICAN JESUS STAND FOR? IS HE RIGHT OR WRONG?5. Family Values6. Charity7. Church and State8. Protection from Invaders9. The End of the WorldAfterwordNotesSuggestions for Further ReadingIndex

“Witty, insightful . . . . A thorough, convincing study that’s perfect for anyone flummoxed by misuses of the teachings of Jesus.”

Tony Keddie is Associate Professor of Early Christian History and Literature at the University of British Columbia and author of Class and Power in Roman Palestine and Revelations of Ideology.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsA Note to ReadersIntroductionPART ONE. WHO IS REPUBLICAN JESUS?1. A Portrait of Republican JesusPART TWO. WHERE DOES REPUBLICAN JESUS COME FROM?2. Early Modern Heralds3. A Corporate Assault on the New Deal4. Tea and Prosperity in the Age of TrumpPART THREE. WHAT DOES REPUBLICAN JESUS STAND FOR? IS HE RIGHT OR WRONG?5. Family Values6. Charity7. Church and State8. Protection from Invaders9. The End of the WorldAfterwordNotesSuggestions for Further ReadingIndex

“Witty, insightful . . . . A thorough, convincing study that’s perfect for anyone flummoxed by misuses of the teachings of Jesus.”