Bibliography

Contextualises the Lord's Prayer within first-century Jewish resistance to Roman occupation.

Analyses Revelation as first-century Jewish resistance literature addressed to persecuted communities under Rome.

The definitive academic history of the prosperity gospel, tracing it to Oral Roberts and Kenneth Hagin.

The standard scholarly commentary on Matthew 2; notes that the Bible never specifies three Magi, that the Greek Magoi means Zoroastrian priest-astronomers, and that the visit occurred in a house, not a stable.

Notes that divine-birth narratives were common for Roman emperors and heroes, and that Matthew's story functions as a counter-narrative to imperial claims.

Explains the Gematria code identifying 666 as Nero Caesar and the 'mark' as the Roman trade certificate.

Traces the shift from Jesus as teacher and mediator to Jesus as the object of worship, a development he dates to the post-resurrection period.

Notes that Jesus's exorcisms in the Gospels were performed without payment, without theatrical performance, and without blaming the person's ancestry.

Explains the Hebrew almah (young woman) vs. Greek parthenos (virgin) translation issue in Isaiah 7:14.

Surveys the diversity of early Christian texts and the political process by which the canon was assembled.

Analyses psychological colonisation and the internalisation of oppressor ideology.

Scholarly commentary on 1 Corinthians 11:3 and the patriarchal structure of the early church.

Comprehensive biblical and historical analysis of hell doctrine and eternal punishment theology.

Theological analysis of Old Testament concepts including sin, redemption, and divine justice.

Analyses the spread of prosperity theology into the Global South and documents the growth of the deliverance industry in Africa.

Scholarly edition and analysis of the Gospel of Mary, including its suppression and the manuscript's discovery in Cairo in 1896.

Examines how the gospel message has been distorted by institutional Christianity.

Documents Augustine's argument that sin is transmitted through sexual intercourse, and its role in making the virgin birth doctrinally necessary.

Argues that Revelation was written as political commentary on the Roman Empire, not as prophecy about the distant future.

The standard scholarly introduction to the Nag Hammadi texts, including the Gospel of Thomas.

Documents that over 70% of Christians in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa identify as Pentecostal or charismatic.

Historical analysis of how enslaved African Americans resisted and reinterpreted Christian theology.

Discusses the ancient Israelite view of the heavens as a divine realm, not a forbidden zone.

Documents the psychological harm caused by generational curse theology, including chronic shame and learned helplessness.

Analyses the political dimensions of 'your kingdom come, your will be done on earth' as a direct challenge to Roman imperial authority.

Analyses the Magi story as a subversive anti-imperial narrative, not a royal endorsement.

Argues that the Lord's Prayer is a radical political document calling for economic justice and the end of imperial rule; notes that Jesus's prayer template in Matthew 6:9 is addressed to 'Our Father,' not to Jesus himself.