Obery Mack Hendricks Jr. (born 1953) is a visiting research scholar at

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. Before taking this position he was a professor at

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and a visiting professor at

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. He has also served as president of Payne Theological Seminary, the oldest

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theological institution. He is an

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elder in the

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. A former

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investment executive, Hendricks received his PhD from Princeton University. He is currently a spokesperson who has been featured on C-SPAN,

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, the Bloomberg network, hip hop stations and more. He has been a featured writer as well as an editor or editorial advisor for multiple publications including the award-winning '' Tikkun'' magazine. He is a member of the Faith Advisory Council of the

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and an Affiliated Scholar in the "Faith and Public Policy Initiative" at the

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."Obery Hendricks." The American Program Bureau. 15 Feb. 2008
/ref> Hendricks currently lives in

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Books

*''Living Water'',

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, 2003. *''The Politics of Jesus: Rediscovering the True Revolutionary Nature of Jesus' Teachings and How They Have Been Corrupted'', Doubleday, 2006. *''The Universe Bends Toward Justice: Radical Reflections on the Bible, the Church, and the Body Politic'', Orbis Books, 2011. *''Christians Against Christianity: How Right-Wing Evangelicals are Destroying Our Nation and Our Faith'', Beacon Press, 2021.

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