Tent Talks with Dr Stephen Backhouse

Black Magic Christians (Followers of the Way 1.10)

Episode Summary

Are you a black magic christian? Politics is about how one holds power, and how you hold your power is a Christ-like concern with implications for the spiritual realm. Politics and spirituality are not separate in the bible. It is impossible to tell the spiritual story of Jesus without referring explicitly to kings, kingdoms, military violence, racial conflict, gender relations, patriotism, generational divides, poverty and riches. In other words: politics. We look at the earliest thing ever written about Jesus (well within living memory of him) which is all about how he held his power as a public figure. We explore how his first followers waged spiritual warfare through their social and political imagination.

Episode Notes

Are you a black magic christian?

The conversation with Stephen, Sean and Chris starts at 30:00

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