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| Resource: |
Book (821024) Jubilee and Social Justice: A Dangerous Quest to Overcome Inequalities
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| Author: |
Tan, Kim |
| Publisher: |
Abingdon Press, 2021 |
| Vendor: |
Cokesbury |
| Length: |
102 Pages |
| Heading: |
SOCIA — Social Issues
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| Subjects: |
Community; Environment/Nature; Food/Recipes; Government/Politics; Social Action/Concerns |
| Location: |
Social Issues |
| # Copies: |
1 |
| ISBN/ISSN: |
9781791019761
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| Description: |
Author Kim Tan challenges the church to ask if the gospel as we interpret it today really embodies the jubilee vision of the Bible. Imagine a group of forty adults living in a community, assisting each other to buy houses, sharing material wealth and releasing the surplus to help others as a practical outworking of the biblical principles of jubilee. This book is in two parts. First it walks through the Old Testament on the Jubilee program as given in the covenant to Israel at Mt. Sinai. An idealistic vision was followed by the failure of Israel to practice this teaching. We trace the Jubilee practices in the New Testament through the early Church and later Church history. The second part focuses on modern expressions of Jubilee as it has caught the imagination of various individuals and groups working out different aspects of the Jubilee in their lives. Chapters: Jubilee and nation building; Jubilee in the New Testament; Jubilee and Pentecost; Jubilee in early Church history; Jubilee in radical Church history; Community living; Distribution of wealth; Cancellation of debts; Set the captives free; Feeding the widows and food distribution; Treasury funds; Stewardship of the land; Creation care and conservation. Includes bibliography. |
| Age Groups: |
Young Adult; Adult (30-55); Adult (55+)
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