JESUS ON RELIGION, TOLERANCE AND A POLITICALLY CORRECT CULTURE
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WHAT: The Politically Incorrect Jesus—Living Boldly in a Culture of Unbelief
U.S. society may specialize in unbelief but Muslims, Jews and Christians dominate the news feeds and it’s safe to say . . . well, hold on: What is it safe to say?
In a world trying to determine “where the lines are,” author Joe Battaglia injects--ready for this?—Jesus into the conversation. As fresh as today’s news aggregate, as timeless as Truth, if there’s an edge, Joe’s there: where religion turns deadly and arrogant, where Christian views get suppressed, and where society turns schizophrenic, Jesus speaks into those issues. From more than four decades in journalism and broadcasting, a seasoned communicator and politically incorrect thinker gives believers short, readable chapters long on common sense. We’re overdue.
SYNOPSIS: If you find yourself unsure of what it’s socially safe to say, consider Jesus: admired and ridiculed, revered and rejected, dismissed and embraced. And most of what He taught and stood for ignored both political correctness and personal safety. In The Politically Incorrect Jesus, author Joe Battaglia--former journalist and communications specialist--says to us that to assent to the latest acceptable language and moral ideology--to give up on what we know to be true--is intellectual suicide.
The church also has its own version of political correctness, Joe warns, and we are not safe from circumspection, as well, because we are the church. If you’re tired of spiritual slumber, and ready to honestly question the intellectual and spiritual inconsistencies of our times--and your life--you’re prime for Joe Battaglia’s The Politically Incorrect Jesus.
WHO: Joe founded and heads Renaissance Communications, a media company that specializes in reaching the faith-based marketplace. Renaissance’s impressive client list includes Dr. Steve Brown and his nationally syndicated Key Life Radio Network, AFFIRM Films/Sony Pictures Entertainment, Provident Films and Feed The Children.
Also, Joe is executive producer and general manager of Keep the Faith radio program, in 200-plus markets nationally and abroad. His first book was A New Suit for Lazarus. Joe studied journalism at Boston University and graduated magna cum laude. He co-founded and is board president of the non-profit CharityOne; he’s a partner at BigOyo Inc., an intellectual property and content distribution company.
What’s safe now for Christians to think and say? If you have to ask, you’ll love the answers with Joe Battaglia about The Politically Incorrect Jesus.
PUBLISHER: BroadStreet Publishing
RELEASE DATE: Feb. 2, 2015
To learn more about The Politically Incorrect Jesus, visit: ThePoliticallyIncorrectJesus.com
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Monday, January 26, 2015
CAN JESUS SAY THAT?
'The Politically Incorrect Jesus' Rethinks the Open Mind
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NEW YORK CITY-- Jan. 26, 2015 – “Political correctness is intellectual suicide,” author Joe Battaglia writes in The Politically Incorrect Jesus, new from Broadstreet Publishing. And in 24 penetrating essays the former journalist and long-renowned radio specialist spotlights Jesus's stand on social safety.
“Jesus was hardly open minded about the truth," Battaglia says. "He calls believers to be salt and light--not chameleons.”
As murders of Paris cartoonists and alleged hacking from North Korea show extreme attempts to control speech, Battaglia warns that Christians, in the name of sensitivity or tolerance, are buying in to more subtle self-censoring, and at great moral risk.
“American censorship is societal—an unwritten list of you-can’t-say-that,” Battaglia says. Under titles such as “Of Mice and Media,” “The Indigestion of Entertainment,” and “The Common Sense of Counter Culture”--Battaglia pits off-limits conversations against Jesus’s call to truth in the marketplace of ideas.
And where does that leave Christians?
“Embrace who God Almighty designed you to be,” Battaglia writes,“men and women of counter-culture faith making a difference in a counterfeit world.”
Prison Fellowship President and CEO Jim Liske applauds Battaglia’s voice to Christians in 2015. “In an era when the Church is so politically correct its message is ineffective, or so abrasive it offends without enlightening, Joe calls us to see that Jesus came to redeem the culture and not to condemn it,” Liske said. “Countercultural does not mean being against people, but for peace and love. If you're tired of the culture wars, this book is a must-read for you.”
Singer/songwriter Michael W. Smith calls his friend’s new work a “common sense approach to how a person of faith can stand up to the current issues in culture that would divide us . . .”
Mastermedia International’s Chairman Larry W. Poland, Ph.D., calls it “a game changer.”
What does “politically correct” mean, and how are Christians affected?
In a noisy world that seeks to denigrate and demean, how can Christians filter the messages daily assaulting our faith, our intellect, and our families?
Can a Christian in 2015 stay planted in timeless thinking?
How did Jesus deliver a politically incorrect message with love?
What do the Sony hack and Charlie Hebdo say about censorship--and self censorship?
“Truth flies in the face of fear and false sensitivities,” Battaglia says. “A moral ideology that questions no one is the death of our authentic selves.”
Joe Battaglia founded and heads Renaissance Communications, a media company putting gifted communicators on all the right platforms. Think Dr. Steve Brown’s nationally syndicated Key Life Radio Network, AFFIRM Films/Sony Pictures Entertainment, Provident Films, actress Shari Rigby, author/pastor Tullian Tchividjian, Pure Flix Entertainment and Feed The Children.
To learn more about The Politically Incorrect Jesus, visit: ThePoliticallyIncorrectJesus.com
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