Path to Salvation in Luke's Gospel
What Must We Do?
Path to Salvation in Luke's Gospel
What Must We Do?
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9780567700315
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 28/01/2021
Width: 15.6 cm
Height: 23.4 cm
This book investigates Luke’s message of salvation in relation to socio-economic issues, and thus concerns salvation of the rich as well as the poor. With a narrative reading of Luke’s Gospel built on careful examination of its socio-economic context, it demonstrates that Luke’s message of salvation is best understood as: 1) Divine mercy which champions the cause of the poor and redresses the injustice of the world, 2) Its human embodiment, and 3) Divine reward promised to those who enact mercy.
Wi argues that Luke’s question of ‘what must we do?’ juxtaposes salvation with ‘doing’, posing interesting questions with respect to the salvation of the rich. This volume highlights good news to the poor in terms of divine mercy and justice, shows that the reception of divine mercy calls for practices, which embody it, and above all clarifies Luke’s notion of salvation of the rich which will happen as participation in the salvation of the poor. Wi’s conclusion challenges its readers by asking the question along with Luke’s audience: What must we do?
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
List Of Abbreviations
Chapter 1: Introduction
Part I: Socio-Economic Contexts of Luke’s Gospel
Chapter 2: Wealth: Land, Tax, Debt
Chapter 3: Life Essentials: Food and Clothing
Part II: Salvation of the Poor and the Rich
Chapter 4: Salvation in the Gospel Of Luke
Chapter 5: Salvation of the Poor: Divine Mercy And Justice (Lk. 4.18-19; 7.22; 7.11-17; 16.19-31)
Chapter 6: What Must We Do?: Human Embodiment Of Divine Mercy I (Lk. 3.1-20)
Chapter 7: What Must I Do?: Human Embodiment Of Divine Mercy II (Lk. 10.25-37; 18.18-30)
Chapter 8: What Must I Do?: Human Embodiment Of Divine Mercy III (Lk. 12.16-21; 16.1-9)
Chapter 9: Salvation of the Rich: Restored People Of God (Lk. 14.1-24)
Chapter 10: Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Ancient Index
