A01=Patrick Oden
Author_Patrick Oden
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ecclesiology
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jean vanier
jurgen moltmann
kingdom of god
liberation of oppressors
liberation theology
oppression
pneumatology
sarah coakley
wolfhart pannenberg
Product details
- ISBN 9781978709171
- Weight: 499g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 03 May 2023
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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The liberating work of God calls the oppressed out of oppression and the oppressor out of oppressing. The challenge in seeking a thorough liberation of oppressors is to help them understand their need for freedom and how to seek this freedom in their own contexts. Patrick Oden provides a holistic biblical, historical, and theological analysis that diagnoses the underlying motivations and inclinations that lead to oppression. Part one addresses the context of oppression, in which most participants in oppression do not actively seek to harm others but are caught up in systems that tend toward the diminishment of others. Part two examines the biblical and early Christian response to oppression, discovering a thread that avoids condemning participation in society generally while also cautioning the people of God about being co-opted by society. Part three discusses how oppressors can withdraw from oppression, through a constructive analysis of four contemporary theologians—Wolfhart Pannenberg, Jürgen Moltmann, Sarah Coakley, and Jean Vanier—each of whom contributes to a widening vision of liberated and liberating life in which the once-oppressed and former oppressor can find peace together in community.
Patrick Oden is visiting assistant professor of theology at Fuller Theological Seminary and a minister in the Wesleyan Church.
