Subverting the Way of the World: The Oblique Radicalism of Jesus of Nazareth

In this lecture, Professor Gregory examines the radical teachings of Jesus of Nazareth and how they challenged the socio-political norms of the time. He discusses the subversive aspects of Jesus’ message and their implications for contemporary understandings of social justice.

Professor Brad Gregory is the Henkels Family College Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA. He is the author of several books including Rebel in the Ranks: Martin Luther, the Reformation, and the Conflicts That Continue to Shape Our World; The Unintended Reformation: How a Religious Revolution Secularized Society; and Salvation at Stake: Christian Martyrdom in Early Modern Europe. He is currently working on a major project about the relationship between Western Christianity and the long-term formation of our current global environmental realities, the working title of which is The Way of the World: Power, Wealth, and Civilization from the Last Ice Age to the Anthropocene.

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