Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- PART I CHRISTIAN ORIGINS AND NEW TESTAMENT STUDIES IN IDEOLOGICALLY AND HISTORICALLY CONTAMINATED CONTEXTS
- PART II NEO-ORIENTALISM: ORIENTALISM, HIDEOUSLY EMBOLDENED
- PART III “JEWISHNESS,” JESUS AND CHRISTIAN ORIGINS SINCE 1967
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index of References
- Index of Names
PART I - CHRISTIAN ORIGINS AND NEW TESTAMENT STUDIES IN IDEOLOGICALLY AND HISTORICALLY CONTAMINATED CONTEXTS
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- PART I CHRISTIAN ORIGINS AND NEW TESTAMENT STUDIES IN IDEOLOGICALLY AND HISTORICALLY CONTAMINATED CONTEXTS
- PART II NEO-ORIENTALISM: ORIENTALISM, HIDEOUSLY EMBOLDENED
- PART III “JEWISHNESS,” JESUS AND CHRISTIAN ORIGINS SINCE 1967
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index of References
- Index of Names
Summary
Cultivated theory can bolster uncomplicated bigotry.
Amartya SenThere is however, a brighter side to the amount of energy and money that the establishment pours into the business of “managing” public opinion. It suggests a very real fear of public opinion. It suggests a persistent and valid worry that if people were to discover (and fully comprehend) the real nature of the things that are done in their name, they might act upon that knowledge. Powerful people know that ordinary people are not always reflexively ruthless and selfish. (When ordinary people weigh costs and benefits, something like an uneasy conscience could easily tip the scales.) For this reason, they must be guarded against reality, reared in a controlled climate, in an altered reality, like broiler chickens or pigs in a pen.
Arundhati Roy- Type
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- Jesus in an Age of TerrorScholarly Projects for a New American Century, pp. 1 - 2Publisher: Acumen PublishingPrint publication year: 2008