The gospel and the land of promise
Subtitle: Christian approaches to the land of the Bible
By: edited by Philip Church ... [et al.].
Publisher: Pickwick Publications
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Eugene, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9781608995455
Subjects: Controversial literature; Christian Zionism; Israel (Christian theology); Palestine in the Bible; Homeland (Theology)
Description: "Today the "land of promise" is a spark in the tinder dry atmosphere of Middle Eastern affairs. Events there continue to wield influence among peoples and in places well beyond the region itself. This raises for Christians the acute theological problem of how to relate to the "land of promise" today and in light of the land of the Bible. ..."--Back cover.
Notes: "Most of the essays ... had their origin in a one-day colloquium entitled 'The gospel and the land,' held at the Laidloaw-Carey Fraduate School in Auckland, New Zealand, on July 9, 2009."--P. ix.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-178) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Peter Walker; title: From promised land to reconciled cosmos : Paul's translation of "worldview," "worldstory" and "worldperson" / Mark Strom; title: Paul's answer to the threats of Jerusalem and Rome (Phil 3) / Mark Keown; title: "Here we have no lasting city" (Heb 13:14) : the promised land in the letter of Hebrews / Philip Church; title: The kingdom of God and the land : the New Testament fulfillment of an Old Testament theme / Alistair Donaldson; title: "Exile away from his land" : is landlessness the ultimate punishment in Amos? / Tim Bulkeley; title: A "fifth gospel" less torn and more legible? : on recent attempts to retrieve Herodian Galilee / Bob Robinson; title: The Old Testament : friend or foe of Palestinian Christians? : exploring the insights of Palestinian theologian Naim Ateek / Gordon Stewart; title: Evangelical social conscience and the challenge of Christian Zionism / Stephen Tollestrup; title: When land is layered : Jacob in conversation with colonizer (James Cook) and colonized (the horeta te taniwha) / Steve Taylor; title: "God has by no means rejected his people" (Rom 11:1) : a response to the accusation of "replacement theology" / Philip Church; title: The gospel and the land of promise / Tim Meadowcroft.