Just discipleship : biblical justice in an unjust world / Michael J. Rhodes ; foreword by Brent A. Strawn. [print]
Material type: TextPublication details: Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Academic, an imprint of InterVarsity Press, (c)2023.Description: xvi, 286 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781514006009
- JC578.R477.J878 2023
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Includes bibliographies and index.
The story behind (and the story of) this book -- "Justice to victory": reclaiming the old, old story -- Becoming just: mapping moral discipleship -- Consuming character: justice begins at the feast -- Singing our way toward justice -- Justice without wisdom is powerless, wisdom without justice is predatory -- Becoming just in the meantime: the gift and task of discipleship in 1 John -- A (jubilee) case for (ecclesial) reparations? -- Justice on the way: jubilary improvisation in ever-changing circumstances -- Rearranging the chairs in the beloved community: just discipleship and the politics of the multiethnic church in 1 Corinthians and today -- Into Egypt: contemporary evangelical politics and "the Joseph option" -- Embracing the "Daniel option": moral discipleship and the exercise of political power -- "For the joy set before us": concluding reflections on just discipleship.
"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"--
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