Our Good Crisis

Overcoming Moral Chaos with the Beatitudes

Jonathan K. Dodson

• Publisher: IVP
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN:
  9780830846009
• eBook ISBN:
  9780830848263
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Biblical Studies

We live in an age of crisis.Financial crisis, political crisis, environmental crisis—the list goes on. We're confronted with calamity every time we read the headlines. But behind each of these lurks another kind of crisis, one wefind harder to define: a moral crisis—a crisis of goodness. Behind financial crisis is unrestrained greed; behind political crisis is the lust for power.To properly address the crises that plague our world, we must be formed as people of moral goodness. We must cultivate virtue. But the cultural headwinds are strong: outrage and fragility, persecution and affluence, injustice and impurity.In this wise and practical book, Pastor Jonathan Dodson takes us back to the Beatitudes, the centerpiece ofJesus' famous Sermon on the Mount. Dodson examines each of the Beatitudes in the context of the new morality that buffets our society today, presenting a compelling portrait of the truly good life, both personal and social.Jesus' vision of the good is stunning: heaven meets earth, mercy triumphs over judgment, peace transcends outrage, grace upends self-righteousness. Here is an account, not of dos and don'ts, but of genuine moral flourishing.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Dedication Page
• Contents
• Preface
• ONE FLourishing in an Age of Crisis
• TWO Poor in Spirit in an Age of the Big Me
• THREE Mourning in an Age of Distraction
• FOUR Meekness in an Age of Hubris
• FIVE Righteousness in an Age of Values
• SIX Mercy in an Age of Tolerance
• SEVEN Purity in an Age of Self-Expression
• EIGHT Peacemaking in an Age of Outrage
• NINE Persecution in an Age of Comfort
• Epilogue
• Acknowledgments
• Notes
• Praise for Our Good Crisis
• About the Author
• More Titles from InterVarsity Press
• Copyright