Though the Mountains Tremble: Biblical Reflections on Contemporary Society

by Gene L. Davenport

Overview

Though the Mountains Tremble is a collection of random commentaries, from a biblical perspective, on issues and events in the contemporary world. Though most of the essays speak to specific events, they carry general observations that can provide insight into issues and events of any time. At the heart of these observations are a few basic assumptions--that God still works in history through nations and institutions, that God's purposes for the Creation are centered in Jesus Christ, that humankind was created to be God's representatives in caring for the world and all living things, that the crucial struggles in history are waged against the Powers and Principalities, and that both nations and individuals are held accountable to God for their actions. These reflections are rooted in the assumption that, although it is not an answer book or a spiritual almanac, the Bible bears testimony to the character of God and sets forth an ethos that can, if embraced, engender basic discernment in the midst of the world's chaos.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781725244757
Publisher:	Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date:	02/01/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	218
File size:	878 KB

About the Author

Gene L. Davenport is Professor Emeritus of Religion at Lambuth University, Jackson, Tennessee, and Theologian in Residence at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Jackson. He is the author of Into the Darkness: Discipleship According to the Sermon on the Mount, Powers and Principalities, and The Eschatology of the Book of Jubilees.
Gene L. Davenport is Professor of Religion and Chair of the Department of Religion and Philosophy at Lambuth University in Jackson, Tennessee, and is a Commissioner of the Tennessee Holocaust Commission. Among his other books are 'The Eschatology of the Book of Jubilees' and 'Powers and Principalities.'

Table of Contents

Preface ix

Part One Columns and Commentaries 1

1 Religion and Politics 3

2 Violence and Terror 38

3 Economics 48

4 Liturgical Seasons 57

5 The Church 69

6 The Bible 90

7 Human Identity 96

8 Children 114

9 Theology and Ethics 118

10 Islam 142

11 The Environment 147

Part Two Sermons, Presentations, and Book Reviews 155

12 Sermons 157

13 Addresses and Presentations 173

14 Book Reviews 195