Jubilee
About this book
What is Jubilee? How could it transform our understanding of the world today — and of how God calls us to live in it? At the heart of Old Testament law is a revolutionary concept that, if applied today, could transform our economy and world. Jesus himself claimed that his ministry would bring its fulfilment, transforming the world. Uniting social justice, creation care, equality and worship, jubilee remains a radical challenge, thousands of years later. This exciting collection engages with this challenge and offers ideas and inspiration for disciples today. It brings together rigorous theological thought and practical experience from voices from around the world. Its chapters reflect on issues of poverty in its different dimensions and discuss some of the challenges that face churches, Christian organisations and individual Christians in responding to them. The authors each bring their unique context and perspectives which challenge us to go beyond viewing the jubilee ordinances as simple rules and help us to begin to understand the redemptive and restorative power of the jubilee principles for us today.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Foreword
- Introduction: Seeing Poverty through the Lens of Jubilee
- God’s Heart for the Poor
- The Initial and Ongoing Causes of Poverty
- Why Does Poverty Exist?
- Lessons from Leviticus 25: The Jubilee Year and God’s Answer to Poverty
- An mar Nega (Our Home)
- Jubilee Realised: The Integral Mission of Asian House Church Networks in Contexts of Religious Pluralism
- Kwame Nkrumah’s Dream, the Sustainable Development Goals and the Jubilee Mandate
- Confronting Violence against the Poor: A Case Study from Paz y Esperanza in Peru
- From Gleaning to Jubilee: The Church’s Mandate to Her Children
- Reclaiming our Prophetic Voice to Call for Justice
- Responding to Scripture: An Awakening to Mission and Jubilee
- Get Exposed with Sabbath and Jubilee – and See Who You Really Are
- Participation in Christ: Being Shaped for Jubilee Lives
- Conclusion: Kairos Moment for the Church
- Select Bibiliography
- Index
- Scripture Index
- Editors and Contributors
- Back Cover