Bible and Mission: Christian Witness in a Postmodern World

by Richard Bauckham

Overview

This engaging study provides a new way of looking at Scripture—one that takes seriously the biblical idea of mission. Richard Bauckham shows how God identifies himself with particular individuals or people in human history in order to be known by all. He is the God of Abraham, Israel, and David and, finally, the one who acts through Jesus Christ.

Bauckham applies these insights to the contemporary scene, encouraging those involved in mission to be sensitive to postmodern concerns about globalization while at the same time emphasizing the uniqueness of Christian faith. In doing so, he demonstrates the diversity of Christian faith around the world. This book will be rewarding reading for pastors, lay readers, and students of Scripture, mission, and postmodernism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780801027710
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	01/01/2004
Pages:	126
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.75(h) x (d)

About the Author

Richard Bauckham, (Ph.D., University of Cambridge) is professor of New Testament studies and Bishop Wardlaw Professor at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. He is the author of numerous volumes, including The Theology of the Book of Revelation, God Crucified, and God and the Crisis of Freedom.

Table of Contents

	The Easneye Lectures	vii
	The Frumentius Lectures	xi
	Author's Preface	xiii
1.	A Hermeneutic for the Kingdom of God	1
	The World after 9/11--between McWorld and Jihad?	1
	OUtlines of a hermeneutic for the kingdom of God	11
	Anticipated closure and permanent narrative openness	21
2.	From the One to the Many	27
	From Abraham to all the families of the earth	28
	From Israel to all the nations	36
	The king who rules from Zion to the ends of the earth	41
	To all by way of the least	49
3.	Geography--Sacred and Symbolic	55
	Geographical horizon and representative geography	55
	The Centre and the Horizon	65
	Seeking and sending--or: from here to there, from there to here	72
	A diaspora people	80
4.	Witness to the Truth in a Postmodern and Globalized World	83
	The biblical story and the postmodern critique	83
	The biblical story as a non-modern metanarrative	90
	The biblical story and economic globalization	94
	The biblical story and witness to truth	98
	Witness in the face of globalizing power	103
	The biblical story and cultural diversity	109
	Conclusion	110