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Kerygma, Eschatology, and Social Ethics (Stapled Booklet)

Kerygma, Eschatology, and Social Ethics (Stapled Booklet)

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Christian LivingGeneral Christianity

Publisher Price: $12.00

ISBN10: 1625647247
ISBN13: 9781625647245
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Published: Sep 16 2014
Pages: 50
Weight: 0.15
Height: 0.30 Width: 4.80 Depth: 7.80
Language: English
The eschatological and dualistic symbolism of the early Christians has misled us into thinking that the Gospel in its classic period has no concern with what we call social change, writes Wilder. Saint Paul's apparently conservative social views must be understood in light of his expectation of Christ's imminent return; his is an emergency ethic. But going beyond Paul's explicit social teachings to his kerygmatic affirmations, we see that the principalities and powers over which Christ has triumphed also refer to the corrupted structures of society. The social-ethical significance of the kerygma becomes discernible as soon as we learn to interpret the mythological expressions of the New Testament in historical terms.

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