Jesus for President

Politics for Ordinary Radicals

By: Shane Claiborne, Chris Haw

Narrated by: full cast

Do the church and politics ever go together?

Jesus for President is a radical manifesto--more urgent today than ever--to awaken the Christian political imagination, reminding us that our ultimate hope lies not in partisan political options but in Jesus and the incarnation of the peculiar politic of the church as a people "set apart" from this world.

This collaboration between Shane Claiborne's writing and stories, Chris Haw's reflections and research, and Chico Fajardo-Heflin's 4-color art and design creates lyrical theology that poetically weaves together words and images to sing (rather than dictate) its message.

This one-of-a-kind book includes:

• Messages drawn from biblical theologians
• Lessons from church history
• Examples from modern-day saints and ordinary radicals
• A poetic and illustrative perspective of faith

This book is perfect for those who seek to follow Jesus, rediscover the spirit of the early church, and represent the kingdom of God.

Jesus for President stirs the imagination of what the church could look like if it placed its faith in Jesus instead of Caesar. A fresh look at Christianity and empire, Jesus for President transcends questions of "Should I vote or not?" and "Which candidate?" by thinking creatively about the fundamental issues of faith and allegiance.

©2008 Shane Claiborne & Chris Haw (P)2008 Zondervan

Great Perspective

It is a great perspective of the gospel that seems obvious, but rarely taught in our current culture. I am grateful for the current day prophetic message.

You don’t have to agree with everything.

I certainly don’t.
However, there’s enough challenging content here to cause every Christian to sit up straight, rewind, carefully listen again, and examine your own history, allegiances, practices, beliefs, and stereotypes.
A must read for the “comfortable” Christian who believes he/she has all that is needed and yet feels a void in their spiritual journey.

Great but beware

This book is amazing as it re-contextualizes the Bible with an eye toward social justice and reform. The "musical" interludes however, are highly irritating and detract greatly from the power of this book. I don't know why thought they were a good idea - but they are unbearable.

Challenging, but falls short in handling Scripture

Jesus for President is certainly challenging. Not so much on an intellectual level as a social / philosophical level. The point of the book is to elicit a political response in Christians, and the book certainly accomplishes this goal. I would say their point is to elicit somewhat of an anti-political stance, one of provocation against human government.

This book certainly caused me to reflect on my current beliefs, and to consider new thoughts I have not yet had. I would take issue with the authors treatment of many texts of Scripture, however, and do not agree with many of their conclusions. To their credit, I believe that they practice what they preach (according to their own testimony), and I applaud their pursuit to be pleasing to God, but wonder how much of their passion is truly tied to Scripture and how much is tied to their political passion.

If you want a challenge to your political views, regardless of what side you take, it's a worthy read. The audio version could do well without the songs interspersed between chapters however... it detracts from the book.

Content is incredible. Music is terrible!

The content is very challenging, and eye opening. I’m very grateful for what I have taken from it. I would highly recommend getting the book itself instead of the audio version. The musical interludes are really distracting and make some of the parts of the book hard to hear over the music fading in and out. I’m not sure why it’s there. It definitely doesn’t add to the listening experience.

So thought provoking and inspirational

This completely made me rethink my life choices and become more aware of how I participate in being part of the problem rather than this solution in being a follower of Jesus. Thank you for showing such bravery and fearlessness, even though I'm sure there were times of great fear! I am inspired and awakened by this information and feel a renewal in my friendship and brotherhood with my Savior. Thank you. May God bless you all richly and may we continue to share books like these with everyone in an effort to become part of and help maintain the true community that Jesus dreamed and knew we will become! Heaven on earth!

Prophetic Voice

Clayborn’s prophetic voice is powerful, sobering, and deeply challenging. Every Christian in America should read this book.

Challenging

This is not for the faint of heart. The words of this book are challenging. Whether or not you agree with the theology it will produce much food for thought, prayer and soul searching in your relationship with God.

Wow

Got a real glimpse of what this world could be if the people who call themselves followers of Christ actually started following him rather than the states agenda.

A fresh vision

Shane is definitely a Christian radical. I think a lot of Christians (including myself) voted for Trump because we were sick of stock politicians. Unfortunately what we got was an egomaniac who manipulated evangelicals. We need a radical Christian perspective. It’s time to divorce ourselves from the Empire. Choose this day whom you will serve. If Christ, expect to pay the price. My only complaint about the book is the music. Sorry Shane.