{"title":"S26SOJO","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor readers of Sojourners\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"creation-or-empire-a-choice-of-religions-in-the-bible-and-beyond","title":"Creation or Empire: A Choice of Religions in the Bible and Beyond","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(33, 82, 156);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci data-olk-copy-source=\"MailCompose\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e⭐\u003c\/span\u003eAdvance Praise \u0026amp; Reviews\u003cspan\u003e⭐\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(33, 82, 156);\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(30, 79, 153);\"\u003e\"Wes Howard-Brook has spent his life studying empire and what the Bible has to say about how we are to live as revolutionaries for love.  But Wes is not just a scholar -- he is an activist, a practitioner, a provocateur...  helping us all stay faithful to God rather than conform to the patterns of this world.  Let his newest book stir you to action.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(30, 79, 153);\"\u003e-\u003cstrong\u003eShane Claiborne, author and activist, co-founder of Red Letter Christians\u003c\/strong\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(33, 82, 156);\"\u003e“Wes Howard-Brook has long challenged us to read the Bible on its own terms—to hear its strange, ancient heartbeat beyond the distortions of what often passes for ‘Christianity’ in imperial culture. Now, with this concise and powerful volume, he distills decades of scholarship and discipleship into an urgently needed invitation.”—\u003cb\u003eFrom the Foreword by Michael Morrell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(33, 82, 156);\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(33, 82, 156);\"\u003e“Wes Howard-Brook confronts our continual temptation for allegiance to Empire over God, making it clear that we cannot serve ‘two masters.’ This brief book traces the tension in the Bible and the church, particularly in the United States, resulting in endless imperial violence wrongly wrought in the name of God.”—\u003cb\u003eRev. Weldon D. Nisly, Community Peacemaker Teams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(33, 82, 156);\"\u003e“If we study Wes’ brilliant insight to the Bible, we will not only want to join the biblical lineage of nonviolent resistance to empire with all our hearts, but discover anew the living God of universal love and peace who calls us to a new world of peace.”—\u003cb\u003eRev. John Dear, author, \u003ci\u003eThe Gospel of Peace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(33, 82, 156);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(33, 82, 156);\"\u003e“This book is a clarion call and a summons. To choose Creation over Empire is not a moral decision. It is to decide what kind of world will live in us. The gospel is not neutral—it is a jailbreak, a holy uprising against every system that cages the imagination that belongs to God. \u003ci\u003eCreation or Empire\u003c\/i\u003e extends that vision to the whole world.”—\u003cb\u003eRev. Lynice Pinkard\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eUCC\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ePhiladelphia area pastor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(33, 82, 156);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(33, 82, 156);\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Creation or Empire\u003c\/i\u003e delivers a template showing how Christians can live a religion of creation story today!” —\u003cb\u003eAngela N. Parker, PhD, Mercer University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(33, 82, 156);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(33, 82, 156);\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Creation or Empire\u003c\/i\u003e is a relentlessly researched and argued celebration of the anti-empire and, perhaps more important for this historical moment, anti-fascist message of the biblical tradition. An accessible resource for preachers, scholars, and followers on the way, who seek to live joyful resistance.”—\u003cb\u003eRev.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eLaurel Dykstra, Salal + Cedar Community\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitled_design_30_e0304660-0050-496a-8e00-03a516124a44.png?v=1757616737\" alt=\"\" width=\"452\" height=\"75\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWes’s brilliant volumes “Come Out My People!” and “Empire Baptized,” offer a comprehensive interpretation of the Bible and church history in terms of the struggle between a “Religion of Creation” (represented by the prophets and Jesus) and the Religion of Empire. Together, they are 800pp. This short volume, aimed at a general audience, will summarize those volumes and show their relevance for today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eWes Howard-Brook \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of several award-winning books, including “\u003ci\u003eCome Out, My People!”\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eGod’s Call out of Empire in the Bible and Beyond\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEmpire Baptized: How the Church Embraced What Jesus Rejected, 2nd-5th Centuries. \u003c\/i\u003eHe collaborates in the ministry Abide in Me with his wife Sue Ferguson Johnson. 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He is an endorsed public minister in The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) whose scholarship is deeply rooted in the Brazilian liberation tradition, particularly the works of Paulo Freire and Rubem Alves. As a religious educator and workshop facilitator he usually offers insight into the use of creative practices in spirituality, vocational discernment, organizational change, or Quaker spirituality.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\" class=\"x_elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eCover design:  Melissa Romano\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eCover image:  linocut print, L. 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These are the kind of heroes we need in America today. A must-read.” \u003cb\u003e—Beto O’Rourke, former congressman and author, \u003ci\u003eWe’ve Got to Try\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(78, 51, 14);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(78, 51, 14);\"\u003e“Recounts a reservoir of community, ingenuity and commitment\u003ci\u003e. . . . \u003c\/i\u003eJUST WHAT WE NEED in this moment.” \u003cb\u003e—Simone Campbell, SSS, author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Nun on the Bus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(78, 51, 14);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(78, 51, 14);\"\u003eAn important, necessary, and heartbreaking book.\u003cb\u003e—Benjamin Alire Sáenz, author of \u003ci\u003eEverything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(78, 51, 14);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(78, 51, 14);\"\u003e\"Annunciation House is well-known to anyone working in immigration for the care and attention they give to migrants. In the same way, this book\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eattends to the story of Annunciation House and the people who made it the beacon of hope it is today.\" \u003cb\u003e—Alejandra Oliva, author of \u003ci\u003eRivermouth: A Chronicle of Language, Faith, and Migration\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(78, 51, 14);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(78, 51, 14);\"\u003e“Annunciation House is a rare beacon of hope in an increasingly dysfunctional immigration system. Mary Fontana provides the first detailed history of Annunciation House, documenting how volunteers motivated by faith provided “radical hospitality” to hundreds of thousands of migrants fleeing poverty and persecution.\"\u003cb\u003e—Robert Moore, El Paso journalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(78, 51, 14);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/6438\/2784\/files\/Untitled_design_31_acc35af7-7009-461b-828e-de2141f2dd84.png?v=1757616737\" alt=\"\" width=\"421\" height=\"42\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eThis is the story of America writ small—a nation founded by immigrants and its shifting, oft-contradictory attitudes toward them. Since 1978, El Paso’s Annunciation House has welcomed over half a million people: migrants and refugees, doing what humans have always done to find sustenance and safety, and volunteers seeking meaning and purpose. Through this chronicle of their individual journeys, Mary Fontana exposes the forces driving global migration and challenges readers to confront the borders in their own hearts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"x_elementToProof\"\u003e\n\u003cb data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eMary Fontana\u003c\/b\u003e has supported migrant hospitality efforts in El Paso for over two decades. She has written about the border for\u003ci\u003e America\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBorderLore\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eConsequence\u003c\/i\u003e. 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