To Liberate and Redeem

In To Liberate and Redeem, scholar Edward LeRoy Long Jr. surveys the full biblical narrative-setting the context by beginning with the oppression of Israel's enslavement and the Exodus liberation, then looking back to the Creation and forward to Christ, Paul, and the early church. This original approach demonstrates how the unfolding drama of the Bible is marked by those who need liberation because they are trapped in oppressive structures and those who, once freed, must faithfully construct communities of redemption so as not to become oppressors themselves. From this basis Long explores how present-day moral decisions can be informed by studying the ways in which our biblical forebears wrestled with concerns similar to our own while standing in faithful responsiveness to God. Book jacket.

Edward LeRoy Long Jr. is Pearsall Professor Emeritus of Christian Ethics and Theology of Culture at Drew University. He taught religion at Oberlin College and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and is past president of both the Society for Christian Ethics and the American Theological Society. The author of twelve books, he now lives in Virginia.