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Preface | |
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A Christian Moral Creed | |
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The Empire/Servility Syndrome | |
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Empire as Original Sin | |
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Empire | |
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Jesus, Assassinated by Empire | |
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The Subversive Jesus | |
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The Masks of Empire | |
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Servility, the Underwriter of Empire | |
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Empire U.S.A. | |
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The Art of Servility Maintenance | |
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Nations as Gods | |
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Pontiffs and Ayatollahs | |
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Hope | |
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How to Read the Bible | |
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Description | |
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Prescription | |
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Criteria | |
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Symbols | |
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Respect | |
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Interpretation | |
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Re-imagining the World | |
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Jesus: Realist or Dreamy Idealist? | |
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Smashing Contentment | |
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Spotted Leopards | |
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The Story of a Symbol | |
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Earth versus Us | |
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Utopia with Details | |
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Present and Future | |
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Justice Bible-Style | |
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The Primacy of Justice | |
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Peace as the Payload of Justice | |
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So What Is This Tsedaqah? Translating the Untranslatable | |
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An Exercise in Contrast | |
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Bias versus Bias | |
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Identifying the Poor | |
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The Jesus Morement and the Poor | |
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The Sacramental Status of the Poor | |
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The Poor Rich | |
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Redistribution: The Sabbath and the Jubilee | |
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The Symbols of Justice | |
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Owning, Needing, and Rights | |
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The Privacy of Property | |
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Inconsistency as Saving Grace | |
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Property with a Conscience | |
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Justice, Government, and Planning | |
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Prophets: The Connoisseurs of Tsedaqah | |
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Prophetic Midwifery | |
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Prophecy as Antidote | |
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A Revolution in Affect | |
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A Hopeless Task? | |
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Prophetic Anger | |
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The Eight Marks of Prophecy | |
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Streams of Prophecy | |
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If You Want Peace, Build It | |
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Early Israel's Demurral | |
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From the God of Battles to the God of Peace | |
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Peace in the Jesus Movement | |
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The Realistic Visionaries | |
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The Superpower Fiction | |
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Pacifism versus Passive-ism | |
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Peace: How Ideals Die...and Can Be Reborn | |
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Onward, Christian Soldiers | |
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Common Sense and Recovering Ideals | |
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How to Appeal to Conservatives | |
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Truth and the Tincture of the Will | |
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Hard Truth | |
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Heart Truth | |
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Elements of a Philosophy of Truth | |
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The Tincture of the Will | |
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Fear of Flying | |
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The Vital Promise | |
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When Freedom Is a Virtue | |
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The Dimensions of Freedom | |
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Biblical Freedom | |
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Tempering Power | |
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Freedom from Religious Power | |
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Freedom from Class | |
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Freedom for and from Work | |
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Hope versus the Cringe | |
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Moral Futurism | |
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The Nature of Hope | |
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Surprises Feed Hope | |
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Theism as Medium or Message | |
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Exploring Love | |
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Rescuing Love | |
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Hope for Love? | |
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Centering in on Love | |
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Challenging Narcissus | |
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Hospitality | |
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Narcissus Matures | |
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Love as Action | |
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From Love to Murder | |
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The Justice Link | |
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The Art of Forgiveness | |
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Surprises | |
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Love and Growth | |
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When Love Goes Public... | |
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Song of Joy | |
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A Minority Report | |
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Biblical Delight | |
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The Joy of Laughter | |
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The Analysis of Joy | |
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In Defense of Fun | |
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Conclusion | |
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Fiscal Year 2004 Discretionary Budget | |
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Notes | |
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Index of Names and Subjects | |
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Index of Scripture | |