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''Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals'' is a 2008 book co-written by Evangelical authors Shane Claiborne and Chris Haw, two important figures in New Monasticism. The book asserts that the countercultural themes in the ministry of Jesus, such as those of self-denial, are ignored by American Christians because they have become accustomed to exercising Christian privilege and are unwilling to give it up. ''Jesus for President'' received generally positive reviews from critics in both secular and Christian media. David Swanson wrote a three-part review of ''Jesus for President'' in ''Christianity Today'', in which he argues that "Claiborne and Haw make a compelling case that the church in America has become much too cozy with the state".〔 Mark Tooley of the Institute on Religion and Democracy was heavily critical of the book, calling the book's pacifism both utopian and anti-American. ==Background== ''Jesus for President'' was first published in March 2008 and had sold more than 300,000 copies by that December. Claiborne and Haw first met in the 2000s, when they were both living in different Christian intentional communities in the United States.〔 Claiborne wrote ''The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical'', his debut book, in 2006. Haw was a theology graduate student at Villanova University when ''Jesus for President'' was released. Claiborne said that the title of the book is not to be taken literally, and that "Jesus' political manifesto is a terrible plan for running a superpower". ''Jesus for President'' became a bestseller. All proceeds from sales of the book went towards the Jubilee Fund, a nonprofit organization founded by Claiborne and others in support of international community projects. An audiobook edition of ''Jesus for President'' was released in 2009. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jesus for President」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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