Kingdom, Empire, and the Modern State (Content)
Episode 1 – Why the Triumphal Entry Matters Politically Episode 2 — The Donkey, the King, and the Kingdom Episode…
Category: Kingdom, Empire, and the Modern State
Episode 1 – Why the Triumphal Entry Matters Politically
Why the Triumphal Entry Matters Politically Without Reducing Jesus to Politics Primary texts: Matthew 21:1–11; Mark 11:1–11; Luke 19:28–44; John…
Episode 2 — The Donkey, the King, and the Kingdom
How Jesus’ “Peaceful Ride” Claimed Royal Authority Core claim: Jesus’ choice to enter Jerusalem on a donkey was not a…
Episode 3 — “Hosanna”, Cloaks, and Palms
How the Crowd Publicly Recognised Kingship Core claim: In the Triumphal Entry narratives, the crowd does not merely “cheer”. They…
Episode 4 — Why the Triumphal Entry Provoked the Authorities
Text focus: Matthew 21:1–11; Mark 11:1–11; Luke 19:28–44; John 12:12–19 (with Zechariah 9:9; Psalm 118) Purpose of this episode To…
Episode 5 — From Religious Accusation to Roman Sentence: Why Jesus Was Executed
Introduction By the time Jesus stands before Pontius Pilate, the issue is no longer framed (publicly) as an internal theological…
Episode 6 — From Empire to Christendom
Rome’s Collapse, Christianity’s Consolidation, and Europe’s Re-ordering Position in the series In Episodes 1–5 we established how Jesus’ Triumphal Entry…
Episode 7 — From Rome to Byzantium
Greek Language, Eastern Christianity, and the Long Continuity (c. 395–1453) Purpose of this episode In Episodes 1–6 we traced how…
Episode 8 — From Empires to Modern Nations
Why “Israel” and “Jordan” Did Not Exist in Jesus’ Day (and Why That Matters for Reading the Gospels) Purpose and…
Episode 9 — Language, Translation, and Authority: How Scripture Travelled from Jerusalem to the World
Introduction Across our series, a repeated pattern has emerged: empires change quickly; cultural infrastructure changes slowly. In Jesus’ world, Rome…
Episode 10 — From Empire to Christendom: How Latin Christianity Became a Political Order in Medieval Europe
Introduction When the Western Roman Empire fragmented, Christianity in the Latin West did not merely “survive”; it increasingly absorbed civic…
Episode 11 – The Printing Press, Vernacular Scripture, and the Reformation
When Authority Moved into the Hands of Readers (c.1450–1648) Introduction Across this series we have traced how authority is signalled,…
Episode 12 — From Empire to Christendom
How Rome’s Western Collapse Reconfigured Christian Authority and European Order (c. AD 300–800) 1. Framing the question Across this series,…
Episode 13 — After Rome
When Empires Collapse and the Church Endures (c. AD 476 onwards) Aim of this episode To show how the collapse…
Episode 14 — From Empire to Christendom
How Rome’s Collapse Reshaped Christianity and Reconfigured European Power 1. Why this episode matters to the series Across our earlier…
Episode 15 — From Jerusalem to the Ends of the Empire
How Roman Infrastructure, Greek Language, and Imperial Law Shaped the Early Christian Mission Introduction Across our discussion, one theme keeps…
Episode 16 — Revelation and Empire
The Roman Imperial Cult, Political Allegiance, and the Politics of Worship Introduction If the Gospels show Jesus redefining kingship in…
Episode 17 — Constantine and the Politics of Christian Legitimacy
Political Insights into the Bible and Christian History Introduction Across this series we have seen that biblical faith unfolds in…
Episode 18 — From Donkey-King to Christendom
How Imperial Christianity Rewired Authority in Europe Purpose of this episode Building directly on our Triumphal Entry analysis (messianic kingship…
Episode 19 — From Christendom to Confessional Europe
Reformation, State Power, and the Struggle for Legitimate Authority (c. 1517–1648) 1. Why this episode belongs in the series Across…
Episode 20 — The Enlightenment and the Reconfiguration of Authority
Reason, toleration, and the birth of the modern secular political order 1. Why this episode sits next in the content…
Episode 21 — Industrial modernity, nationalism, and mass politics
How “peoplehood” replaces “Christendom” as the political imagination Purpose in the series This episode explains why modern politics increasingly treats…
Episode 22 — Empire, mandates, and borders in the modern Middle East
Why today’s Israel/Jordan map is late and colonial in formation 22.1 Purpose and thesis This episode explains why the present-day…
Episode 23 — Final synthesis: Kingdom vs Empire vs Modern State
A capstone theological–political integration with contemporary application 1. Purpose of the capstone Across this series we have traced one sustained…