The church in exile
Subtitle: living in hope after christendom
By: Lee Beach ; foreword by Walter Brueggemann
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Downers Grove
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780830840663
Subjects: Exiles; Biblical teaching; Christianity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Exile and life in a post-Christian world; title: A theology of exile; title: Exile as a motif for the church; title: Exile in the Old Testament; title: Esther as advice for exiles; title: Daniel as advice for exiles; title: Jonah as advice for exiles?; title: Jesus and exile in the early church; title: The exilic wisdom of 1 Peter; title: The practices of exile; title: Leading the church in exile: generating hope; title: Thinking like exiles: a responsive theology; title: Holiness: an exilic identity; title: Exilic mission: engaging the culture as exiles; title: Restoration: a new home for exiles; title: Converting the church.