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Jerry Sumney rejects the idea that the Bible has nothing to do with politics. He also rejects the use of it to support one's own political leaning, be it cultural conservatism or cultural liberalism. Instead, Sumney offers readers a wide-angle view of the diverse forms of engagement with religious and ethical concern for the common good found in Scripture. A must read for the church in today's contentious society. --O. Wesley Allen, Jr., Lois Craddock Perkins Professor of Homiletics, Perkins School of Theology, SMU While politics and faith have long shared a complicated history--both within the United States and beyond--this book digs deeply within the traditions of biblical faith and scholarship to show that faith at its best is always connected to building a more just and fair world. In the process of reading this book it quickly became clear to me that I wasn't simply learning about how all of this played out in the past; rather, I was experiencing a holy invitation to be part of Christ's transformative work today. --Phil Snider, author of Preaching After God A book that packs a wallop more staggering than most five times its size, The Politics of Faith presents solid biblical theology with a razor's edge. With straightforward clarity, piercing analysis, and real courage, Professor Sumney challenges our shrunken religious and political positions, be they evangelical or mainline. Confronted with a diverse yet coherent scriptural testimony, you and I are compelled to face our spiritual corruption and moral cowardice. If I could send one book on this subject to every adult Sunday school class in America's churches, it would be The Politics of Faith. --C. Clifton Black, Otto A. Piper Professor of Biblical Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary

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Jerry L. Sumney is professor of biblical studies at Lexington Theological Seminary. He is the author of Colossians: A Commentary (2008) and Identifying Paul's Opponents (1990). He is also the editor of Reading Romans (2012) and the coeditor of Theology and Ethics in Paul and His Interpreters (1996) and Paul and Pathos (2006).

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