The Post-Racial Church

by Mathews, Kenneth A.; Park, M. Sydney

• ISBN13: 9780825435867
• ISBN10: 0825435862
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-08-24
• Publisher: Kregel Academic & Professional

Summary

In The Post-Racial Church,Kenneth Mathews and Sydney Parkpresent ascriptural framework for how the church ought to operate as a multiethnic culture. If the church is called to the work of reconciliation, if the universal church is multiethnic,and if every tribe and tongue will praise God together in the end, thenshouldn't individual churches reflectthattruth today In this book pastors will find biblical, philosophical, and practical reasons forchallenging the local church to become a multiethnic congregation that joins together in worship of the God who calls each of us.

Author Biography

Kenneth A. Mathews (PhD, University of Michigan) is professor of divinity at Beeson Divinity School where he teaches Old Testament studies and biblical interpretation. His major publications include The Paleo-Hebrew Leviticus Scroll. The New American Commentary: Genesis, and Leviticus: Holy God, Holy People. M. Sydney Park (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is assistant professor of divinity at Beeson Divinity School where she teaches New Testament studies and biblical interpretation. She is the author of Submission Within the Godhead and the Church in the Epistle to the Philippians.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 9
Abbreviations	p. 11
Introduction: The Wonder of God's Human Kaleidoscope (Mathews)	p. 15
God's Design for Creation (Mathews)	p. 37
God's Blessing for All Nations (Mathews)	p. 67
"God's People" and the "Also Peoples" (Mathews)	p. 95
God's Welcome to All (Mathews)	p. 125
Jesus' Stories of Reconciliation (Park)	p. 145
Stories of Peace and Worship (Park)	p. 173
The Proclamation of the Church (Park)	p. 201
One Salvation, One Fellowship (Park)	p. 229
Conclusion: From Here to Eternity (Park)	p. 257
Person and Subject Index	p. 273
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