03356nam a2200505Ki 4500 ocn877868668 OCoLC 20200709060121.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 140422s2014 ilu ob 101 0 eng d N$T eng rda pn N$T 9780830896202 (electronic bk.) 0830896201 (electronic bk.) 9780830840519 0830840516 (OCoLC)877868668 761035 (N$T) BR115.P7 C243 2014eb REL 012110 bisacsh REL 070000 bisacsh 261.7 23 N$TA Christian political witness / edited by George Kalantzis & Gregory W. Lee. Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Academic, [2014] 1 online resource (239 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "My kingdom is not of this world." Followers of Jesus have been struggling to understand these words ever since he first uttered them -- often in sharply contradictory ways. Today the inescapably political nature of Christian witness is widely recognized. But what is the shape of this witness? What should Christian political engagement look like today? The twelve essays in this volume, originally presented at the 2013 Wheaton Theology Conference, present biblical, historical and theological proposals for thinking responsibly about the intersection of church and state in the contemporary cultural situation. Prophetic and pastoral, this book offers a fresh look at a crucial and contested dimension of the Christian life. Church matters / Stanley Hauerwas -- The peril and potential of Scripture in Christian political witness / Mark A Noll -- "Extra ecclesiam nullum regnum" : the politics of Jesus / Scot McKnight -- The political vision of the apostle to the nations / Timothy G. Gombis -- A witness to the nations : early Christianity and narratives of power / George Kalantzis -- Not so private : a political theology of church and family / Jana Marguerite Bennett -- Are corporations people? : the corporate form and the body of Christ / William T. Cavanaugh -- Violence / Peter J. Leithart -- Just war as Christian politics / Daniel M. Bell Jr. -- Repentance as political witness / Jennifer M. McBride -- Toward an evangelical social tradition : key current debates / David P. Gushee -- "You are in the world but not of it" / David Gitari. Description based on print version record. Christianity and politics Congresses. RELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues bisacsh RELIGION / Christianity / General bisacsh Electronic books. Kalantzis, George, editor of compilation. Lee, Gregory W., editor of compilation. Print version: Christian political witness 9780830840519 (DLC) 2014004983 (OCoLC)859881823 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=761035 EBSCOhost EBSC 761035 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 54757 54757