Heaven on earth : God's call to community in the Book of Revelation

著者

• Battle, Michael
• Williams, Rowan

書誌事項

Heaven on earth : God's call to community in the Book of Revelation

Michael Battle ; [foreword by Rowan Williams]

Westminster John Knox Press, c2017

1st ed

• : pbk

注記

Bibliography: p. 197-200

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Much of the literature on the book of Revelation paints a frightening apocalyptic vision of the end times. Michael Battle offers an alternative look at Revelation in this new work, seeing it instead as a hopeful call to bring heaven on earth. Battle explores the problematic imagery found in Revelation before showing how similar problems play out in our contemporary world. Battle sees Revelation as a guide that shows us that we can live out God's call for heaven on earth by living in community with one another, as exhibited through the writings of Martin Luther King Jr., Desmond Tutu, Rowan Williams, and Ubuntu theology. He writes, aEUROoeI seek to imagine in my particular Christian context how a view of heaven need not lead to culture wars and further excuses for oppressing others. Heaven, as envisioned by John of Patmos, has much greater purpose.aEURO

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB25580353
• ISBN:
  • 9780664262549
• LCCN: 2016032995
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Louisville, Ky.
• ページ数/冊数: xviii, 200 p.
• 大きさ: 23 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : BS2825.52
  • DC23 : 228/.06
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Bible. Revelation -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
  • LCSH : Ubuntu (Philosophy)
  • LCSH : Communities -- Biblical teaching