Product Description

Chris Wright believes that there is a missional basis for the
whole Bible - it is generated by, and is all about, God's mission. He
offers a comprehensive and wide-ranging interpretative approach as the
basis for holistic Christian mission.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #50008 in Books
• Published on: 2006-11-17
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 608 pages

From the Publisher
Ground-breaking, comprehensive new study, showing how a
theology of the mission of God provides a framework within which to read
the whole Bible.
Pays more attention to the Old Testament roots of mission than most other
books.
Three major focal points: God, Israel, the world; themes followed into the
New Testament.
Accessible to non-specialists.
A companion to the author's 'Old Testament Ethics for the People of God'.

From the Back Cover
Most Christians would agree that the Bible provides a basis for
mission. Chris Wright believes that there is actually a missional basis for
the whole Bible - it is generated by, and is all about, God's mission.

In order to understand the Bible, we need an interpretative perspective
that is in tune with this great missional theme. We need to see the `big
picture' of God's mission and how all parts of Scripture fit into its grand
narrative.

In this comprehensive and accessible study, Chris Wright begins with the
Old Testament understanding of who God is, what he has called his people to
be and to do, and where the nations belong within God's mission. These
themes are followed into the New Testament. Throughout, Wright emphasizes
that biblically-defined mission is intrinsically holistic. God's mission is
to redeem his whole creation from all that sin and evil have inflicted upon
it, and the mission of God's people must reflect the breadth of God's
righteous and saving love for all he has made.

`To an already impressive list of publications dealing with the Bible and
mission, Chris Wright now adds what must surely be his magnum opus. This
remarkably comprehensive work does nothing less than point the way ahead
for the global Christian movement in the twenty-first century, and in the
process it challenges a host of received assumptions in biblical
scholarship, Christian theology, and missionary practice. I believe
Wright's book will be seen as the most important work of its kind since
David Bosch's contribution in the 1990s and, like that work, it is likely
to be read, discussed and, hopefully, applied to practice for years to
come.'

David W. Smith, International Christian College, Glasgow

About the Author
Christopher J. H. Wright is International Ministries Director
of the Langham Partnership International. He was formerly Principal of All
Nations Christian College and taught at Union Biblical Seminary, Pune,
India. His books include 'Old Testament Ethics for the People of God' and
'The Message of Ezekiel' (both IVP), the New International Biblical
Commentary on 'Deuteronomy' (Paternoster) and 'Knowing Jesus through the
Old Testament' (Monarch).