The economy of Salvation : essays in honor of M. Douglas Meeks / edited by Jürgen Moltmann, Timothy R. Eberhart, Matthew W. Charlton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Moltmann, Jürgen, editor.

Eberhart, Timothy R., editor.

Charlton, Matthew W., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Meeks, M. Douglas.

Salvation--Christianity.

Salvation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (178 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, 2015.

Summary:

Over the last four decades, the focus of M. Douglas Meeks' work has placed him at the center of many of the most important developments in theological reflection and education. As a political, ecclesial, and metaphorical theologian, Meeks has given witness to the oikonomia of the triune God, the Homemaker who creates the conditions of Home for the whole of creation, in critical conversation with contemporary economic, social, and political theory. The essays of this volume were written to honor Meeks, professor of theology at Vanderbilt Divinity School, by addressing the theme of God's economy of salvation from biblical, historical, ecclesial, and theological perspectives. In an age of ecological devastation and economic injustice, Meeks teaches us how to place our hope--as disciples of Jesus, as members of local congregations, as stewards of institutional life, and as global citizens--in God's power for life over death through Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. These essays will serve to enliven and clarify this hope for the sake of the world God so loves. CONTRIBUTORS: Jurgen Moltmann, Timothy Reinhold Eberhart, Matthew W. Charlton, Walter Brueggemann, Josiah Young, Kendall Soulen, Patout Burns, John Cobb, Michael Welker, Nestor O. Miguez, Charles M. Wood, and Sondra Wheeler.

Contents:

Introduction / Timothy R. Eberhart

A royal miracle and its nachleben / Walter Brueggemann

Augustine on riches and poverty / A. Patout Burns

The future of the Wesleyan movement / John B. Cobb Jr.

"Go tell pharoah," or, why empires prefer a nameless God / R. Kendall Soulen

M. Douglas Meeks : process theologian / Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki

Christology in the context of current western systematic theological reflection / Michael Welker

Interpreting in the text, interpreting the world : a Wesleyan hermeneutics of economic life / Sondra Wheeler

The church and its ministry : expanding an ecumenical vision / Charles M. Wood

Who hopes for what he already sees / Josiah U. Young III

Economy , violence, and culture of peace / Néstor O. Míguez

A culture of life in the dangers of this time / Jürgen Moltmann.

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ISBN:

1-4982-3635-9

OCLC:

951223390