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Justice at the Margins: Jesus' Parables of Defiance and Disruption

Justice at the Margins: Jesus' Parables of Defiance and Disruption - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Kurt StruckmeyerPublish date:2024-10-09Pages:118
Language:EnglishPublisher:Resource Publications (CA)ISBN-13:9798385232376UPC:9798385232376Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Biblical Studies, Biblical CommentaryBook Topic:New TestamentSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.25 inchesWeight:0.3307Product ID:SCSXEQFF51
Jesus was a teacher. One of the key tools of his teaching was storytelling. Through vivid parables of mustard seeds, leaven, wayward children, poor widows, rich men, and day laborers, Jesus helps us imagine the kingdom of God. The parables of Jesus were well-conceived and artfully structured traps. They invite the listener into a simple story or comparison. They get the listener comfortable with the familiar territory of the scene. Then the parable switches everything around and frustrates the expectations of the listener. The parables of Jesus were intended to show his listeners that the way the kingdom of God operates is not what we expect. They challenge comfortable beliefs and conventional wisdom about wealth and poverty, about holiness and sinfulness, about good people and bad, and about purity and corruption. Previously, Kurt Struckmeyer accepted many of the conventional interpretations of the parables, that they were about miraculous growth or grace or prayer or humility. Now he is convinced that the parables are about upsetting the social order, confronting racism, disturbing the status quo, and behaving shamelessly in the pursuit of justice. These are parables of shock, scandal, resistance, disruption, and defiance for people living on the margins of society.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Resource Publications (CA)ISBN-13:9798385232376UPC:9798385232376Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Biblical Studies, Biblical CommentaryBook Topic:New TestamentSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.25 inchesWeight:0.3307Product ID:SCSXEQFF51
Kurt Struckmeyer is a writer, theologian, and founder of the Mustard Seed School of Theology.

Publisher: Resource Publications (CA)

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