Lee Beach, Walter Brueggemann

The Church in Exile

Living in Hope After Christendom

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Produktbeschreibung

The church in North America today lives in a post-Christian society. Lee Beach helps the people of God today to develop a hopeful and prophetic imagination, a theology responsive to its context, and an exilic identity marked by faithfulness to God's mission in the world.

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Produktdetails

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• Verlag: InterVarsity Press
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 372g
• ISBN-13: 9780830840663
• ISBN-10: 0830840664
• Artikelnr.: 40872574

Autorenporträt

Lee Beach (PhD, McMaster Divinity College) is assistant professor of Christian ministry and director of ministry formation at McMaster Divinity College in Hamilton, Ontario. He has pastored for over twenty years with the Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction: Exile and Life in a Post-Christian World
Part I: A Theology of Exile
1. Exile as a Motif for the Church
2. Exile in the Old Testament
3. Esther as Advice for Exiles
4. Daniel as Advice for Exiles
5. Jonah as Advice for Exiles?
6. Jesus and Exile in the Early Church
7. The Exilic Wisdom of 1 Peter
Part II: The Practices of Exile
8. Leading the Church in Exile: Generating Hope
9. Thinking Like Exiles: A Responsive Theology
10. Holiness: An Exilic Identity
11. Exilic Mission: Engaging the Culture as Exiles
12. Restoration: A New Home for Exiles
Conclusion: Converting the Church
Bibliography
Author Index
Subject Index
Scripture Index