Shalom: The Bible's Word for Salvation, Justice, and Peace - Hardcover

Yoder, Perry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1498245668 ISBN 13: 9781498245661

Verlag: Wipf and Stock, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

The biblical challenge of shalom is one which ought to draw all Christians together in a common struggle so that God's will might be done and God's kingdom might come on earth as it is in heaven. People, as well as structures, need to be transformed. People who are caught in oppressive structures need to be liberated from the values and perspectives inculcated by these structures. The shalom maker, as a result, is involved in a mission of conversion--converting people to a new understanding and way of life. This conversion, based on God's love for them in Jesus, frees them from old patterns of thought. If we struggle for shalom, we shall suffer because we are actively confronting and resisting the structures of oppression and working for the liberation of powerless and oppressed people. Shalom love is not love at a distance, not love in the abstract, not love in the rocking chair--it is the love of confrontation, of strike, of protest, and of disobedience to the structures of violence. Shalom love is suffering love because it is militant love struggling for human liberation, justice, and shalom, which is God's will for our world.

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Perry B. Yoder, Ph.D. is Professor of Old Testament at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Elkhart, Indiana, where he teaches Hebrew and Old Testament. He received his degree from the University of Pennsylvania and does research in Hebrew language, syntax, rabbinic interpretation, and Biblical perspectives on peace and justice.

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• Verlag: Wipf and Stock
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1498245668
• ISBN 13: 9781498245661
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 164
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