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Heaven on Earth: God's Call to Community in the Book of Revelation - Couverture souple

Battle, Michael

 
9780664262549: Heaven on Earth: God's Call to Community in the Book of Revelation
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0664262546 ISBN 13 : 9780664262549
Editeur : Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S., 2017

Synopsis

Much of the literature on the book of Revelation paints a frightening apocalyptic vision of the end times. Michael Battle offers an alternative look at Revelation in this new work, seeing it instead as a hopeful call to bring heaven on earth. Battle explores the problematic imagery found in Revelation before showing how similar problems play out in our contemporary world. Battle sees Revelation as a guide that shows us that we can live out God's call for heaven on earth by living in community with one another, as exhibited through the writings of Martin Luther King Jr., Desmond Tutu, Rowan Williams, and Ubuntu theology. He writes, â oeI seek to imagine in my particular Christian context how a view of heaven need not lead to culture wars and further excuses for oppressing others. Heaven, as envisioned by John of Patmos, has much greater purpose.â �

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À propos de l'auteur

Michael Battle is Herbert Thompson Professor of Church and Society and Director of the Desmond Tutu Center at General Theological Seminary in New York, and President and CEO of the PeaceBattle Institute. The author of eleven books, including Reconciliation: The Ubuntu Theology of Desmond Tutu, he focuses his ministry on nonviolence, Christian reconciliation, human spirituality, and Ubuntu (the African worldview of community). Battle lived in residence with Archbishop Desmond Tutu in South Africa for two years and was ordained a priest in South Africa by Tutu in 1993. In 2010, he was given one of the highest Anglican Church distinctions as "Six Preacher."

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Éditeur
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S.
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0664262546
ISBN 13 
9780664262549
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
220
Coordonnées du fabricant
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