| Missional Economics: Biblical Justice and Christian Formation Contributor(s): Barram, Michael (Author), Brueggemann, Walter (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0802875076 ISBN-13: 9780802875075 Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $24.75 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Ministry - Missions - Religion | Christian Theology - General - Religion | Christian Living - Social Issues |
| Dewey: 261.85 |
| LCCN: 2017048810 |
| Series: Gospel and Our Culture Series (Gocs) |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.85 lbs) 283 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: American Christians today, says Michael Barram, have a significant blind spot when it comes to economic matters in the Bible. In this book Barram reads biblical texts related to matters of money, wealth, and poverty through a missional lens, showing how they function to transform our economic reasoning. Barram searches for insight into God's purposes for economic justice by exploring what it might look like to think and act in life-giving ways in the face of contemporary economic orthodoxies. The Bible repeatedly tells us how to treat the poor and marginalized, Barram says, and faithful Christians cannot but reflect carefully and concretely on such concerns. Written in an accessible style, this biblically rooted study reflects years of research and teaching on social and economic justice in the Bible and will prove useful for lay readers, preachers, teachers, students, and scholars. |
Contributor Bio(s): Brueggemann, Walter: - The William Marcellus McPheeters Professor emeritus of OldTestament at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia. He is the author of numerous biblical commentariesand scholarly works, including A Social Reading of theOld Testament, The Threat of Life, Theologyof the Old Testament, and TheProphetic Imagination. |