God's new humanity : a biblical theology of multiethnicity for the church / David E. Stevens ; foreword by Paul Louis Metzger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stevens, David E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church--Unity--Biblical teaching.

Church.

Multiculturalism--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Multiculturalism.

Ethnic relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Ethnic relations.

Evangelicalism.

Church--Unity.

Physical Description:

xvi, 291 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Or : Wipf & Stock, [2012]

Summary:

What if? What if believers of multiple ethnicities manifested the diversity in unity for which Jesus prayed? What if largely separate, homogeneous congregations--which account for nearly 92.5 percent of all churches in the United States--increasingly became connected, multiethnic congregations? What if, at eleven o'clock on Sunday mornings--or whenever believers gather to worship--local congregations were comprised of believing whites, African Americans, Koreans, Hispanics, Romanians, Native Americans, as well as the diverse mosaic of other ethnicities represented in our increasingly multicultural society? Would this not say something about the supernatural character of the gospel of reconciliation we proclaim? Jesus believed it would. That is why after praying for such diversity in unity among his followers, Jesus Christ--the Man for all nations--extended his arms and laid down his life to make it happen. This book, God's New Humanity, examines the biblical-theological vision and motivation for living in response to Jesus' prayer.

Contents:

The dividing walls

Humanity, the imago Dei

The imago Dei deconstructed

Babel and the sons of God

The new humanity

Babel reversed

The new humanity in ekklēsia

A change of clothes for the church

The powers that divide

The end of the story

On earth as it is heaven.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-268) and indexes.

ISBN:

1610974662

9781610974660

OCLC:

780717082

Publisher Number:

99948264934