For the Nation
Subtitle: Jesus, the Restoration of Israel and Articulating a Christian Ethic of Territorial Governance
Publisher: Pickwick Publications
Published: Sep 29, 2016
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9781498279031
Description: The nature of the kingdom Jesus proclaims in the Gospels has long been a subject of intense theological debate. More recently the lines of this debate have dramatically shifted as several leading historical Jesus scholars and Christian social ethicists have argued that Jesus' kingdom proclamation most likely expresses a first century Jewish hope for Israel's restoration. Yet while several are now sanguine that Jesus' kingdom vision constitutes nothing less than a full-throated restoration of Israel's nationality, they are just as certain it rejects a restoration of Israel's land. As such it has become increasingly fashionable to say that an authentic practice of the "kingdom" ethic that Jesus enunciates must necessarily be a-territorial. The purpose of this work is to respond to these arguments and show why this can and indeed should not be the case. Through a careful and detailed process of historical investigation, biblical exegesis, theological exploration, and ethical analysis we will come to see that not only is the kingdom that Jesus proclaims inextricably landed, but also why such a kingdom is integral to articulating a Christian ethic of territorial governance. -- back cover.
Notes: Source title: For the Nation: Jesus, the Restoration of Israel and Articulating a Christian Ethic of Territorial Governance