Overview

Most Christians would agree that the Bible provides a basis for mission. But Christopher Wright boldly maintains that there is a missional basis for the Bible! The entire Bible is generated by and all about God's mission. In order to understand the Bible, we need a missional hermeneutic, an interpretive perspective in tune with this great missional theme. We need to see how the familiar bits and pieces fit into the grand narrative of Scripture. Beginning with the Old Testament and its groundwork for understanding who God is, what he has called his people to be and do, and how the nations fit into God's mission, Wright gives us a new hermeneutical perspective on Scripture. This perspective provides a solid and expansive basis for holistic mission. God's mission is to reclaim the world--including the created order--and God's people have a designated role to play.

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Author:   Christopher J.H. Wright
Publisher:   IVP Academic
Imprint:   IVP Academic
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 4.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.798kg
ISBN:  

9780830852130

ISBN 10:   0830852131
Pages:   582
Publication Date:   15 May 2018
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Introduction Part I: The Bible and Mission 1. Searching for a Missional Hermeneutic 2. Shaping a Missional Hermeneutic Part II: The God of Mission 3. The Living God Makes Himself Known in Israel 4. The Living God Makes Himself Known in Jesus Christ 5. The Living God Confronts Idolatry Part III: The People of Mission 6. God's Elect People: Chosen for Blessing 7. God's Particular People: Chosen for All 8. God's Model of Redemption: The Exodus 9. God's Model of Restoration: The Jubilee 10. The Span of God's Missional Covenant 11. The Life of God's Missional People Part IV: The Arena of Mission 12. Mission and God's Earth 13. Mission and God's Image 14. God and the Nations in Old Testament Vision 15. God and the Nations in New Testament Mission Conclusion Bibliography Indexes

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Wright has truly laid a cornerstone in the edifice of mission, one on which a biblical theology of mission would be wise to build. --Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, June 2009

Wright has truly laid a cornerstone in the edifice of mission, one on which a biblical theology of mission would be wise to build. --Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, June 2009

Wright has truly laid a cornerstone in the edifice of mission, one on which a biblical theology of mission would be wise to build. --Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, June 2009

Author Information

Christopher J. H. Wright (PhD, Cambridge) is international ministries director of the Langham Partnership, providing literature, scholarships, and preaching training for pastors in Majority World churches and seminaries. He has written many books, including Cultivating the Fruit of the Spirit, Old Testament Ethics for the People of God, and Knowing Jesus Through the Old Testament.

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