The Church in Exile: Living in Hope After Christendom

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AuthorBeach, Lee
PublisherIVP Academic
Bindingpaperback
PublishedJanuary 5, 2015
EditionFirst Edition
LanguageEnglish
Pages240
ISBN-100830840664
ISBN-139780830840663
Weight0.3 lb
Dimensions
H × W × L
0.9 in × 6.0 in × 8.9 in

The Church in Exile: Living in Hope After Christendom

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The People Of God Throughout History Have Been A People Of Exile And Diaspora. For Much Of Its History, However, The Christian Church Lived With The Sense Of Being At Home In The World, With Considerable Influence And Power. That Age Of Christendom Is Now Over, And As Lee Beach Demonstrates, This Is Something For Which The Church Should Be Grateful. Drawing On A Close Engagement With Old Testament And New Testament Texts, The Church In Exile Offers A Biblical...

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The People Of God Throughout History Have Been A People Of Exile And Diaspora. For Much Of Its History, However, The Christian Church Lived With The Sense Of Being At Home In The World, With Considerable Influence And Power. That Age Of Christendom Is Now Over, And As Lee Beach Demonstrates, This Is Something For Which The Church Should Be Grateful. Drawing On A Close Engagement With Old Testament And New Testament Texts, The Church In Exile Offers A Biblical And Practical Theology For The Church In A Post-christian Age.--back Cover. Exile And Life In A Post-christian World -- A Theology Of Exile -- Exile As A Motif For The Church Today -- Exile In The Old Testament -- Esther As Advice For Exiles -- Daniel As Advice For Exiles -- Jonah As Advice For Exiles? -- Jesus And Exile In The Early Church -- The Exilic Wisdom Of 1 Peter -- The Practices Of Exile -- Leading The Church In Exile: Generating Hope -- Thinking Like Exiles: A Responsive Theology -- Holiness: An Exilic Identity -- Exilic Mission: Engaging The Culture As Exiles -- Restoration: A New Home For Exiles -- Converting The Church. Lee Beach ; Foreword By Walter Brueggemann. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.


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