Many Christians and churches are rediscovering that God cares deeply about justice, but opinions abound as to what an approach to biblical justice might look like in contemporary society. What exactly does the Bible mean by justice, and what does it have to do with poverty, racism, and other issues in our world? More importantly, how do we become the kind of people who practice justice?
Biblical scholar Michael Rhodes argues that the Bible offers a vision of justice-oriented discipleship that is critical for the formation of God's people. Grounded in biblical theology, virtue ethics, and his own experiences, he shows that justice is central to the Bible, central to Jesus, and central to authentic Christian discipleship. Justice stands at the heart of Scripture. Following Jesus demands that we become just disciples in an unjust world.
Innehållsförteckning
Part I: Just Discipleship: Mapping the Terrain
1. The Story Behind (and the Story of) this Book
2. ’Justice to Victory’: Reclaiming the Old, Old Story
3. Becoming Just: Mapping Moral Discipleship
Part II: Becoming Just Disciples
4. Consuming Character: Justice Begins at the Feast
5. Singing Our Way Towards Justice
6. Justice without Wisdom is Powerless, Wisdom without Justice is Predatory
7. Becoming Just in the Meantime: The Gift and Task of Discipleship in 1 John
Part III: Becoming a Just People
8. A (Jubilee) Case for (Ecclesial) Reparations?
9. Justice on the Way: Jubilary Improvisation in Ever-Changing Circumstances
10. Re-Arranging the Chairs in the Beloved Community: Just Discipleship and the Multi-Ethnic Church
Part IV: Discipling Politics: Just Discipleship Amidst the Nations
11. Into Egypt: Contemporary Evangelical Politics and ’The Joseph Option’
12. Embracing the Daniel Option: Moral Discipleship for the Exercise of Political Power
13. ’For the Joy Set Before Us’: Concluding Reflections on Just Discipleship
Om författaren
Michael J. Rhodes (Ph D, Trinity College/University of Aberdeen) is the lecturer in Old Testament at Carey Baptist College. He is the author of Formative Feasting: Practices and Virtue Ethics in Deuteronomy's Tithe Meal and the Corinthian Lord's Supper; Practicing the King's Economy: Honoring Jesus in the Way We Work, Earn, Spend, Save, and Give (with Brian Fikkert and Robby Holt); and numerous articles in popular outlets such as Christianity Today and The Biblical Mind. Rhodes has spent more than fourteen years involved in community development and urban ministry work, and is an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church. He currently lives in Auckland, New Zealand with his wife, Rebecca, and their four children.
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