Jesus for President

Jesus for President

First edition cover
Author	Shane Claiborne, Chris Haw
Cover artist	Chico Fajardo-Heflin, Tatiana Fajardo-Heflin
Country	United States
Language	English
Subject	American imperialism, Christian pacifism, new monasticism, self-denial, social justice
Publisher	Zondervan
Publication date	2008
Pages	304
ISBN	978-0-310-27842-9
Dewey Decimal	261.70973
LC Class	BR526 .C567 2008

Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals is a 2008 book co-written by the evangelical authors Shane Claiborne and Chris Haw, two important figures in New Monasticism. The book asserts that the countercultural themes in the ministry of Jesus, such as those of self-denial, are ignored by American Christians because they have become accustomed to exercising Christian privilege and are unwilling to give it up.

Jesus for President received generally positive reviews from critics in both secular and Christian media. David Swanson wrote a three-part review of Jesus for President in Christianity Today, in which he argues that "Claiborne and Haw make a compelling case that the church in America has become much too cozy with the state".^[1] Mark Tooley of the Institute on Religion and Democracy was heavily critical of the book, calling the book's pacifism both utopian and anti-American.