The choice seems clear: we are either gathered by the grace of Jesus or pulled apart by the power of Caesar.
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Rather than asking how much authority the Bible should have in an ideal world, a better question would be what role the Bible actually plays in people's lives.
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Unlike in the Roman Empire, many of our images of Mammon resemble our images of God. Instead of Caesar’s image that was imprinted on Roman coins, US Dollar bills bear an image of the Trinity and the words “In God We Trust.”
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Some people of faith are too timid when it comes to conflict, some are too eager to embrace it, and for whatever remains we have conflict resolution. This conclusion, however, is mistaken.
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The future of the poor, of racial and sexual minorities, of working people (to which 99 percent of us belong), and of the environment, is never entirely in the hands of individuals, no matter how powerful they may be at the moment.
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A nagging problem remains that those who talk about stratification and the poverty line are unable or unwilling to address: What about the relationship between the classes?
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