For the Nations: Essays Evangelical and PublicWm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1997 - 251 pages These essays in Christian social ethics, some previously published but most appearing in print here for the first time, are all about the way in which the church, in the midst of the world, is called to think and act on behalf of the world. As the title indicates, this affirmative stance is the opposite of the way John Howard Yoder has often been interpreted under the label of "sectarian." The church is called to serve as a prophetic model and discerning pioneer, addressing the surrounding society's concerns about power and righteousness. The examples chosen for interpretation range from the ancient Jewish experience of dispersion as mission to modern examples like Martin Luther King, Jr. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Presence for the Nations | 13 |
Firstfruits The Paradigmatic Public Role of Gods People | 15 |
The New Humanity as Pulpit and Paradigm | 37 |
See How They Go with Their Face to the Sun | 51 |
Is Not His Word Like a Fire? The Bible and Civil Turmoil | 79 |
Presence and Power in the Revolution | 95 |
The Racial Revolution in Theological Perspective | 97 |
Basics | 163 |
The Original Revolution | 165 |
The Biblical Mandate for Evangelical Social Action | 180 |
Are You the One Who Is to Come? | 199 |
Ecumenical Testimonies | 219 |
The Spirit of God and the Politics of Men | 221 |
Discerning the Kingdom of God in the Struggles of the World | 237 |
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The Power Equation the Place of Jesus and the Politics of King | 125 |
The Believers Church and the Arms Race | 148 |
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