Jesus And The Disinherited Chapter Summaries

The Color of Christ is a book that evokes memories of the exhausted images and lives of Jesus which preponderantly contributes to “the saga of race in America.” (5) The book modifies and wisely propagates the stereotypical images of Jesus throughout the history of the U.S, which offers the most striking responses. In the book, Blum and Harvey portray the world as a place that is filled with various images about Jesus. The book, in its entirety, has been used by the two authors to substantiate the atrocities that were prevalent at a time when there was supremacy among the whites. White supremacy echoed loudly and was basically reinforced by the argument that Jesus Christ was white so he would agree with this notion. From the vicissitudes, and the happenings in the first six chapters of the book, Blum and Harvey have carefully interwoven a tapestry of visions and dreams of Americans to illustrate the fact that Americans have remade Christ. Instead of the thought that we, humans were made in the likeness of Christ, the son of G-d, we reinvented this theory of Christ in our likeness to suit our bias whether it be positive or negative. Again, Christ is emblematic of their aspirations strivings for power and racial justice, and their deeply- entrenched terrors.

Through out the entire time period of slavery, religion remained a high priority and a way in which to label different social groups. The lack or complete non-existence of religion among Africans led to them being viewed as somewhat inferior. Later in the second chapter Jordan talks about how during the slave era religion distinguished whites from blacks. Also how classification changed once Africans began to enter the Christian church. He himself viewed this type of labeling somewhat ridiculous, in that many of the Africans were baptized before the came to the New World. Thus they in many circles would be identified as Christians. This important information helps show the reader how the justifications for slavery evolved. Jordan captures the utter and blatant hypocrisy that the colonies exuded with regards to the slave situation. Jordan also sees religious injustice within the treatment of Indians and Africans. The English made attempts to convert the Indians and had little desire or intention to do the same for Africans. This again shows to what lengths early Americans went in creating a subculture for the purpose of slavery.

Parallel Lives of Jesus: A Guide to the Four Gospels by Edward Adams is a book that is focused on the unity of all four narratives Jesus’s life. This book is a very good example of an introduction to the four Gospels and a method to study the Gospels.

N.T Wright writes Simply Jesus to help us understand Jesus through the cultural lens of that time. He divides his explanation into three sections: identifying what questions pertaining to Jesus are important to understanding Him, Going over what Jesus’ mission on Earth was, and giving examples and explanations of why all this matters.

The question focused on in Chapter four titled “Jesus” there is an important quote that summarizes the complete chapter and what is the identity of Jesus.

Christianity was new to most slaves who had been abducted from their native country and taken to the Americas. Some were hesitant to abandon their old traditions for the Christ their white captors taught of, but after several generations of slavery, most black slaves had succumbed to relentless preaching. However, the Christianity that took hold within the slave community was often interpreted differently, conveying different messages to pockets of slave population. The use of Christianity in slavery was a double edged sword, creating not only a tool for control, but a weapon of discontent in slave communities. Examining the works of Richard Allen and the stories of Nat Turner, create a narrative of how Christianity was applied differently to slaves.

In the book Simply Jesus, N.T. Wright makes three different claims throughout. N.T. Wright's first claim is about the “perfect storm”. The “perfect storm” takes up a large section of the first few chapters, and in those chapters N.T. Wright writes about that to enter the “perfect storm” you must step out of your own storm that is happening in your life, you must jump back into the “perfect storm” just as Jesus did in his own life. N.T. Wright fails to fully support the idea of the “perfect storm” throughout the book. Wright writes about the two myths that create the “storms”, the first is “… the high-pressure system of conservative Christianity” and the second is “... the new classic modernist myth…”. N.T. Wright loses his credibility to his claims by never giving evidence that disproves they myths. N.T. Wright states that the stories in the bible “...’really did happen’. And there the matter ends…. Facts or no facts”. N.T. Wrights claims are never fully

Many people believe that Christians played a great role in abolishing slavery. However, Douglass’ ideas about religion and its connection to slavery shine a light on the dark side of Christianity. Douglass’ account of his own life is a very eloquent first hand retelling of the suffering and cruelty that many slaves were going through. His account gives a detail of the ills that were committed against the slaves. The atrocities committed by the various different masters varied in intensity depending on the masters’ individual personality (Glancy 42). This first hand narrative gives us a glimpse in to the connection between religion (Christianity) and slavery.

Doing my reading of The King Jesus Gospel book I was interested in learning more about the apostle Paul is the apostle to the Gentiles and Peter being the apostle to the Jews. This was something I did not know until I read this book. I found that to be really intriguing to me and I would like to know more about how God used them to reach these two different groups of people.

Jesus resurrection is one of the greatest religious myths in world civilization. The stories of

But back the Jesus ministry was seen as in unimportance in the Roman Empire,even though this is true we can still dig up writings from historical records and some Roman writers of that time like Tacitus who was considered one of the most accurate historians of that ancient world times. he has mentioned Christians and how they suffered Pontius Pilate during his time as king. Even the Chief Secretary of the Roman Empire wrote about a man who lived by the name Christ in the first century.

A hallucination is an individual occurrence that only takes part in one person's mind. A hallucination cannot be transferred or transmitted to another person's mind, it is an experience found only in a single person's mind. Therefore, the hallucination-theory of the appearances of Jesus is quite useless to believe. That's what makes it so compelling. When looking at this theory, there are many points and accusations that eventually are belittled. Jesus appeared to many people and ate with them and conversed with them, therefore proving that such an appearance couldn't have been a hallucination. The probability of a hallucination occurring is highly unlikely, therefore the chances of more than five hundred people in a matter of weeks is highly

Thank you, for following one’s points and understanding the logic behind the argument, as you stated. However, you stated, “we must always remember that Jesus always followed the lead of His Father in heaven and did not come to lead, but to serve,” which led one to believe you misunderstood the direction to which the initial point (post) was headed. It has never been a miscomprehension or mistake of the truth as to where the absolute allegiance of Jesus Christ lies. However, the fact that you referred to Matthew 20:28, and gave a somewhat misguided or misinterpretation according to many commentaries, Bible dictionaries (Greek and Hebrew), and Bible scholars alike, gave pause.

The man who they thought was the Messiah was just brutally tortured and murdered in front of a mocking crowd that spat in his wounds as he passed. Think about that for a little bit; put yourself in their shoes. The Jews had been waiting for the Messiah for a long time at this point. They, as a people, had gone through slavery, wandering in a desert, and now, Roman occupation and rule. The Messiah was to end all this. These two disciples had finally found him, they thought, but he just died in agony. His body was removed from the cross, wrapped up in a burial cloth, and laid in a tomb, just like everybody else. The two disciples, like all of Jesus' followers, had placed all their hope for the future in him. They retreated, discouraged, disheartened, and probably afraid for their lives, to a village outside of Jerusalem. Who knows what they said to one another along the way. Perhaps they spoke angrily to each other, angry that their hoped-for futures had been destroyed. Perhaps they spoke inconsolable words of sorrow and of disappointment.

Throughout the Gospel we are exposed to the notions of materialism and wealth and we can see how it is easy for this emphasis on such temptations to colour and erode the spiritual priority that should characterize the church (AG, 2014). In the biblical passage, Jesus reminds the rich young man that obedience to the Ten Commandments is necessary in order to “inherit eternal life”. The Commandments are essential points of reference if we are to live in love, to distinguish clearly between good and evil, and to build a life plan that is solid and enduring. Jesus is asking us too, whether we know the Commandments, whether we are trying to form our conscience according to God’s law, and putting the Commandments into practice (Benedict XVI, 2010). The rich young man was seeking to enter the eternal kingdom of heaven, and although he had kept the Commandments, what was keeping the rich young man from spiritual perfection was his love of money. As the apostle Paul wrote, “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many grief’s” (1 Timothy 6:10). Jesus, who lived his life in humility and obscurity, never accumulating wealth or possessions (AG, 2014), asked the young man, “Go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and then you will have treasure in heaven”. Whatever is standing in our way, keeping us from perfection and maturity is an obstacle that can keep us out of the kingdom of