The Bible and the American future / edited by Robert Jewett, with Wayne L. Alloway Jr. & John G. Lacey.

Other author Jewett, Robert.
Other author Alloway, Wayne L.
Other author Lacey, John G.
Format Book
Publication InfoEugene, Or. : Cascade Books, ©2009.
Descriptionx, 295 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible and politics--United States.
Politics in the Bible.
Sociology, Biblical.
Christianity and politics--United States.
Church and the world.
Christianity and culture--United States.
Church and social problems--United States.
United States--Politics and government.

Contents Foreword / Wayne L. Alloway Jr. -- Recovery from the long nightmare of amnesia / Walter Brueggemann -- America in God's world: perspectives from biblical theology / Kenneth L. Vaux -- Between Armageddon and the world court: reflections on the American prospect / Robert Jewett -- Isaiah, national security, and the politics of fear / J.J.M. Roberts -- Interpreting the prophets and issues of social justice / Terence E. Fretheim -- Bible and American environmental practice: an ancient code addresses a current crisis / Sandra Richter -- Genius of the mad prophet: Ezekiel and the new moral self / Jacqueline Lapsley -- Building hope upon the ruins in Jeremiah / Kathleen M. O'Connor -- Jesus, the poor, and Mammon: a look at values from Luke-Acts / Darrell L. Bock -- Jesus and the renewal of covenantal economics / Richard A. Horsley -- Divine violence in the Christian Bible / John Dominic Crossan -- Cultured pearls: changing the future of America as an exercise in culture-making / Ben Witherington III -- Afterword: With God on our side / John G. Lacey.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 269-282) and index.
ISBN1606089935
ISBN9781606089934