The unkingdom of God : embracing the subversive power of repentance /
Van Steenwyk, Mark, 1976-
The unkingdom of God : embracing the subversive power of repentance / Mark Van Steenwyk ; foreword by David Fitch ; afterword by Jin Kim. - 1 online resource (193 pages)
Includes bibliographical references.
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword ; Introduction; 1 The Gospel According to the Empire; 2 The Powers; 3 The Gospel of Plastic Jesus; 4 Repenting of Christianity ; 5 On the Mysticism of Children; 6 Jesus and ; 7 Encountering the ; 8 Walking with the Compassionate Christ; 9 Discerning the Subversive Spirit; 10 Jesus and the Jubilee; 11 Jesus and the Revolutionary Table; Conclusion; Afterword ; Acknowledgments; Notes; About the Author; Related Titles.
Christianity is carrying a lot of baggage. Two thousand years of well-intended (and sometimes not so well-intended) attempts to carry forward the good news of God with us have resulted in some murky understandings of the teachings of Jesus and the culture of God's kingdom. To embrace Christianity, sometimes we have to repent of what we've made of it. In The Unkingdom of God Mark Van Steenwyk explores the various ways we have failed our mission by embracing the ways of the world and advancing our own agendas. He shows us that the starting place of authentic Christian witness is repenta.
9780830895670 0830895671 146193799X 9781461937999
Jesus Christ--Kingdom.
Jésus-Christ--Royaume.
Jesus Christ
Repentance--Christianity.
Christianity and culture.
Christian anarchism.
RELIGION--Christian Theology--Soteriology.
Christian anarchism
Christianity and culture
Kingdom of God
Repentance--Christianity
BT800 / .V36 2013eb
234/.5
The unkingdom of God : embracing the subversive power of repentance / Mark Van Steenwyk ; foreword by David Fitch ; afterword by Jin Kim. - 1 online resource (193 pages)
Includes bibliographical references.
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword ; Introduction; 1 The Gospel According to the Empire; 2 The Powers; 3 The Gospel of Plastic Jesus; 4 Repenting of Christianity ; 5 On the Mysticism of Children; 6 Jesus and ; 7 Encountering the ; 8 Walking with the Compassionate Christ; 9 Discerning the Subversive Spirit; 10 Jesus and the Jubilee; 11 Jesus and the Revolutionary Table; Conclusion; Afterword ; Acknowledgments; Notes; About the Author; Related Titles.
Christianity is carrying a lot of baggage. Two thousand years of well-intended (and sometimes not so well-intended) attempts to carry forward the good news of God with us have resulted in some murky understandings of the teachings of Jesus and the culture of God's kingdom. To embrace Christianity, sometimes we have to repent of what we've made of it. In The Unkingdom of God Mark Van Steenwyk explores the various ways we have failed our mission by embracing the ways of the world and advancing our own agendas. He shows us that the starting place of authentic Christian witness is repenta.
9780830895670 0830895671 146193799X 9781461937999
Jesus Christ--Kingdom.
Jésus-Christ--Royaume.
Jesus Christ
Repentance--Christianity.
Christianity and culture.
Christian anarchism.
RELIGION--Christian Theology--Soteriology.
Christian anarchism
Christianity and culture
Kingdom of God
Repentance--Christianity
BT800 / .V36 2013eb
234/.5