How God Became King
Getting To The Heart Of The Gospels
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Publisher: SPCK Publishing
ISBN: 9780281061464
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 19/04/2012
Width: 13.8 cm
Height: 21.6 cm
‘It has been slowly dawning on me over many years that there is a fundamental problem deep at the heart of Christian faith and practice as I have known it… we have all forgotten what the four gospels are about.’With this surprising and radical assertion, highly respected theologian and former Bishop of Durham Tom Wright launches a groundbreaking work sure to shake up and revolutionise much Christian thinking on the very heart and meaning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.Tom Wright leads us, intelligently and graciously to seeing the new reality of the gospel story; one that is so explosive that the church in many generations has found it too much to take and so has watered it down rather than allowing its full impact to be felt.
Preface ix
one: the empty cloak
1. The Missing Middle 3
2. The Opposite Problem 25
All Body, No Cloak
3. The Inadequate Answers 41
two: adjusting the volume
4. The Story of Israel 61
5. The Story of Jesus as the Story of Israel's God 83
6. The Launching of God's Renewed People 105
7. The Clash of the Kingdoms 127
three: the kingdom and the cross
8. Where We Get Stuck 157
Enlightenment, Power and Empire
9. Kingdom and Cross in Four Dimensions 175
10. Kingdom and Cross 211
The Remaking of Meanings
four: creed, canon and gospel
11. How to Celebrate God’s Story 253
Further Reading 277
Scripture Index 279