Theology as Big as the City

Name: Theology as Big as the City
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ISBN: 9780830818907

ISBN-10: 0830818901

ISBN-13: 9780830818907

Edition: 1997

Authors: Ray Bakke, Raymond J. Bakke

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"As we look at the world-class cities around our planet, we face five new urban realities: a crack cocaine epidemic, assault weapons, massive numbers of homeless children, HIV/AIDS and (in the U.S.) what Time magazine has called `the browning of America.' The needs of the urban population are greater than ever. . . . As our cities swell with immigrants, I'm reminded that Jesus was born in a borrowed barn in Asia and became an African refugee in Egypt, so the Christmas story is about an international migrant. Furthermore, a whole village full of baby boys died for Jesus before he had the opportunity to die for them on the cross. Surely this Jesus understands the pain of children who die for…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Publication date: 7/7/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 221
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Raymond J. Bakke is senior associate of Ray Bakke Associates, a nonprofit organization that partners with those who are passionate about empowering the church to be creatively missional in an urban world. He is the former chancellor and professor of global urban studies at Bakke Graduate University and former executive director of International Urban Associates in Chicago, Illinois.



Acknowledgments


Introduction



A Journey to the City



God's Hands Are in the Mud



Can We Save a City like Sodom?



A Surprising Source of Urban Leaders: Moses and His Mother



Hope in the City: The Story of Ruth



The Individual and the Community: Do We Find a Theology of Place in the Bible?



Zion Songs and Urban Poets: The Need for Timeless Truth



What Cities Ought to Look Like: Isaiah's Vision



Jeremiah's Letter to Urban Families (and Daniel's Response)



Thinking Biblically About the Family (with the Help of Ezekiel)



Major Themes in Minor Prophets



When All Else Fails, Send the Choir: Reflections on Chronicles



The Persian Partnership for the Rebuilding of Jerusalem



Models from the Migrant Streams: The Intertestamental Era



Skeletons in the Closet: The Other Women in the Family of Jesus



Jesus and the City: The Search for an Urban Jesus



The Church at the City Center: From Pentecost to Antioch (Acts 1-12)



When Truth and Love Collide: The Mission Trip with Paul, Barnabas and John Mark (Acts 13-16, 36-40)



With Paul on an Urban Journey (Acts 15-19)



Two Letters, Two Urban Spiritualities (Philippians and Colossians)



The Drama of New Testament Evangelism: The Story of Philemon



Ethnicity in the Church: Is It Still Okay to Be Jewish? (Hebrews)



The Empire Strikes Back: The Downward Spiral from Romans 13 to Revelation 13



So Long, Babylon, I'll Miss You (Revelation 14-18)



The Urban Family Album



Reflections


Notes