TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hughes,Dewi Arwel
TI  - Power and poverty: divine and human rule in a world of need 
SN  - 9781844743124 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - BS680.P47 H84 2008
U1  - 261.8/325 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Downers Grove, Ill.
PB  - IVP Academic
KW  - Poverty in the Bible
KW  - Poverty
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Power (Christian theology)
KW  - Christian life
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [244]-245) and index; Pt. 1; Old Testament --; 1; Finding the roots of poetry in Genesis 1 - 11 --; 2; God's covenant with Abraham and its significance in the history of redemption --; 3; Divinely ordained government in the Old Testament --; 4; The laws to prevent poverty --; 5; Welfare law and what it implies about being poor --; 6; The glory and inadequacy of the Mosaic covenant --; Pt. 2; Jesus and the Final Revelation of Divine Government --; 7; Jesus the supreme ruler --; 8; What Jesus did: the acts of the supreme ruler --; 9; What Jesus taught: the Beatitudes --; 10; What Jesus taught: strategies for kingdom living --; 11; What Jesus is doing: the work of the Holy Spirit --; 12; What Jesus is going to do: the final judgment --; Pt. 3; God's Governed Society the Church --; 13; The ordered society of the supreme ruler --; 14; The church is a joyful community --; 15; The church is a community who speak God's words --; Epilogue: which Story are we in? --; Index of Scripture references
ER  -