Remembering Jesus

by Verhey, Allen

• ISBN13: 9780802803238
• ISBN10: 0802803237
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Summary

In the past decade many Christians have embraced the "What Would Jesus Do?" campaign, which encourages them to base their decisions and actions on this question. In Remembering Jesus -- the book that promises to be his magnum opus -- Allen Verhey takes a serious look at what Jesus really said and did and applies it to contemporary Christian ethics.

Verhey asserts that following Jesus requires remembering him, and in order to do this, Christians must read and understand Scripture, where the memory of Jesus is found. By remembering Jesus, this book contributes to the effort of Christians to discern the shape and style of life "worthy of the gospel" More specifically, this book displays the implications of Christian integrity for sexual, medical, economic, and political ethics, seeking to understand what Jesus would really have to say about these issues today.

While suitable for pastors and general readers looking for biblically based instruction on practical living, this superb work also makes an ideal text for courses on Christian ethics.

Author Biography

Allen Verhey is the Evert J. and Hattie E. Blekkink Professor of Religion at Hope College, Holland, Michigan

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments and Dedication	x
PART ONE Choices, Churches, and Scripture
A Continuing Tradition of Discourse and Discernment
Introduction: Ethics ``by Way of Reminder''	3	(11)
``Able to Instruct One Another'': The Early Church as a Community of Moral Discourse	14	(20)
``Able to Instruct One Another'' Still: The Continuing Church as a Community of Moral Discourse	34	(15)
``Useful . . . for Training in Righteousness'': Scripture, Churches, and the Moral Life	49	(30)
PART TWO Remembering Jesus in the Strange World of Sickness
A Continuing Tradition of Care for the Suffering
``Disciples of the Saving Christ'' in Sickness and in Healing	79	(13)
Remembering Jesus in the Strange World of Sickness	92	(25)
Remembering the Early Church Remembering Jesus in the Strange World of Sickness	117	(16)
The Strange World of Sickness Today: Toward a Watchful Medicine --- A Continuing Tradition of Care for the Suffering	133	(24)
PART 3 Remembering Jesus in Gilead
A Continuing Tradition of Liberation and Chastity
The Handmaid's Tale of Gilead	157	(14)
Remembering Jesus: The Handmaid's Son in Gilead	171	(14)
Remembering the Early Church Remembering Jesus in Gilead: A Continuing Tradition of Liberation	185	(27)
Remembering the Early Church Remembering Jesus in Gilead: A Continuing Tradition of Good Sex	212	(31)
PART 4 Remembering Jesus in the World of Adam Smith
A Continuing Tradition of Justice and Generosity
A Rich Fool in the World of Adam Smith	243	(10)
Jesus and His Economic Worlds	253	(23)
Remembering the Early Church Remembering Jesus	276	(29)
The Continuing Church and a Continuing Tradition of Justice and Generosity	305	(28)
PART 5 Remembering Jesus in the Strange World of Politics
Revisiting Theocracy --- A Continuing Tradition of Justice
Theocracy as a Four-Letter Word	333	(18)
A Theocratic Tradition	351	(37)
The Theocratic Politics of Jesus	388	(31)
The Politics of the Early Church in Memory of Jesus	419	(37)
A Continuing Theocratic Tradition	456	(52)
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER 20
A Theocratic Account of Public Education: Moral Formation --- and Difference	487	(21)
Index of Subjects and Names	508	(6)
Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Texts	514