Ched Myers is an American
theologian
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specializing in biblical studies and
political theology
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.
Career
Since the late 1970s, Myers has been involved in numerous issues including movement work for
racial justice
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,
economic equity,
indigenous sovereignty
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,
anti-nuclear activism and
ecological justice
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and restoration. He has traveled as an "old-school" itinerant teacher for over twenty years teaching in homes, churches, retreat centers and more.
In 1988, Myers published ''Binding the Strong ManA Political Reading of Mark's Story of Jesus'', which was influential in the
Radical Discipleship Movement, particularly within the
Catholic Worker Movement
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. The book was one of the earliest commentaries to take an empire-critical view, a view that was marginal in the 1980s, but is now widely accepted within the academy. Throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s, Myers devoted much of his teaching to what he calls
Sabbath economics.
He works alongside his wife, Elaine Enns, as part o
Bartimaeus Cooperative Ministries where the emphasis is on education for
restorative justice,
biblical literacy,
ecological discipleship
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and
radical economic sharing
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Politics and ideology Politics
* Radical politics, the political intent of fundamental societal change
*Radicalism (historical), the Radical Movement that began in late 18th century Britain and spread to continental Europe an ...
.
Selected works
Single-author books
2008/1988 Binding the Strong Man: A Political Reading of Mark’s Story of Jesus. Maryknoll: Orbis Books. 20th anniversary edition with new front matter. 1989 Catholic Press Association Book Award in scripture. Translated into Portuguese as O Evangelho de Sao Marcos, Grande Comentario Biblico series, São Paulo:Edicoes Paulinas, 1992.
2001 “…and distributed it to whoever had need.” The Biblical Vision of Sabbath Economics. Tell the Word, Washington, DC: Church of the Savior.
1996 Proclamation 6, Year B, Pentecost 1. Minneapolis: Augsburg/Fortress.
1994 Who Will Roll Away the Stone? Queries for First World Christians. Maryknoll: Orbis Books.
Co-authored books
2012 Our God Is Undocumented: Biblical Faith and Immigrant Justice. With Matthew Colwell. Maryknoll: Orbis Books.
2011 Liberating Biblical Study: Scholarship, Art and Action in Honor of the Center and Library for the Bible and Social Justice. With Laurel Dykstra. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books.
2009 Ambassadors of Reconciliation, Vol. I: New Testament Reflections on Restorative Justice and Peacemaking. With Elaine Enns. Maryknoll: Orbis Books.
Ambassadors of Reconciliation, Vol. II: Diverse Christian Practices of Restorative Justice and Peacemaking. With Elaine Enns. Maryknoll: Orbis Books.
1996 “Say to This Mountain”: Mark’s Story of Discipleship. With Stuart Taylor, Cindy Moe-Lobeda, Joseph Nangle, OFM and Marie Dennis. Maryknoll: Orbis Books.
1991 The American Journey, 1492-1992: A Call to Conversion. With Stuart Taylor, Cindy Moe-Lobeda, and Marie Dennis. Erie, PA: Pax Christi Press.
1990 Resisting the Serpent: Palau’s Struggle for Self-Determination. With Robert Aldridge. Baltimore: Fortkamp Press.
See also
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* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
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External links
chedmyers.org his official website
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bcm-net.org official website of
Bartimaeus Cooperative Ministries Bartimaeus may refer to:
* Bartimaeus, the name of a man who received Jesus' healing the blind near Jericho (Mark 10:46-52)
* The '' Bartimaeus Sequence'', a series of fantasy novels by Jonathan Stroud
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