Bringing the Kingdom: Progressive Reflections on Scripture - Couverture souple

Brown, Kevin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1532619553 ISBN 13 : 9781532619557

Editeur : Resource Publications, 2018

Synopsis

People have used the Bible for a variety of purposes over the course of the past two thousand years; unfortunately, many of those uses have reinforced power structures and systems that oppress and dominate those without privilege. Worst of all, people have used the Bible as a means to divide humanity into those who are worthy of salvation and those who are not. However, if we look at the lectionary readings, especially the gospels, we can see that God actively seeks to undercut and subvert systems of power, and God calls Christians to do the same. Through an examination of Jesus's teachings, with support from a wide variety of other parts of the Bible, we can see that ideas of social justice and true liberation run throughout God's message to humanity. Rather than focusing on who gets into heaven and who doesn't, Jesus seeks to proclaim God's love for all humanity. By reading the Bible this way and attempting to live up to Jesus's call, we can seek to bring the kingdom to our world, as it is in heaven.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Kevin Brown teaches at Lee University. He has one book of poetry, Exit Lines (2009), and two chapbooks, Abecedarium (2011) and Holy Days: Poems (winner of Split Oak Press Chapbook Contest in 2011). His poems have been published or are forthcoming in REAL, Folio, the Connecticut Review, and the South Carolina Review, among other journals. His essays have appeared in various publications, including The Chronicle of Higher Education, Academe and The Teaching Professor.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Resource Publications
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1532619553
• ISBN 13: 9781532619557
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 212
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible