God and the Crisis of Freedom: Biblical and Contemporary Perspectives

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Westminster John Knox Press, 2002 M01 1 - 221 pages

This book outlines a biblical understanding of freedom and the particular ways in which Christians choose to exercise that freedom in response to major issues confronting the world today. Specifically, Bauckham constructs a Christian understanding of freedom, explores the authority of Scripture in modern and postmodern contexts, and also examines themes of tradition, ethics, oppression, and ecology as they relate to issues of freedom and authority.

 

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Contents

Freedom in Contemporary Context
26
Authority and Scripture
50
Authority and Morality
78
Authority and Tradition
91
Egalitarianism and Hierarchy in the Bible
116
Freedom in the Crisis of Modernity
178
Epilogue Freedom in Fragments
210
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About the author (2002)

Richard Bauckham is Professor Emeritus of New Testament Studies at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. He is Senior Scholar at Ridley Hall, University of Cambridge, and a Visiting Professor at St. Mellitus College in London.

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TitleGod and the Crisis of Freedom: Biblical and Contemporary Perspectives
AuthorRichard Bauckham
PublisherWestminster John Knox Press, 2002
ISBN0664224792, 9780664224790
Length221 pages
  
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