{"product_id":"reaching-for-the-new-jerusalem-9781625640604","title":"Reaching for the New Jerusalem","description":"The task of this book is to examine the biblical and theological meaning of the city and our mission within it. It starts with the premise that the garden is lost, and we are headed toward the New Jerusalem, the city of God. In the meanwhile, we dwell in earthly cities that need to be adjusted to God's city: \"\"[T]he fall has conditioned us to fear the city . . . though, historically, God intended it to provide safety, even refuge. . . . We have to band together and act to take back our communities if we are to help God in the divine task of reconciling the world to Godself by assisting God in adjusting our communities to God's New Jerusalem, rebuilding our own cities of Enoch on the blueprints of Christ . . . to go into all the world and share his good news, building the Christian community along the lines of the New Jerusalem, a city of light in which God is revealed.\"\" (from the Introduction by William David Spencer) Toward achieving this goal, this single, accessible volume brings together the biblical, the systematic, and the practical aspects of urban ministry by various contributors who are urban practitioners and theologians themselves, and have taught at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Boston Campus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeong Hyun Park (PhD, Harvard University) is the Assistant Dean of Boston Campus and Assistant Professor of Old Testament at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He coedits the \u003ci\u003eAfricanus Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, the Africanus Monograph Series, and the Urban Voice Series. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Aida Besancon Spencer (PhD, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is Professor of New Testament at the Hamilton Campus of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Among her books are \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Curse: Women Called to Ministry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePaul's Literary Style, 2 Corinthians\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePastoral Epistles\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e William David Spencer (ThD, Boston University School of Theology) is Ranked Adjunct Professor of Theology and the Arts at the Boston Campus of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eMysterium and Mystery: The Clerical Crime Novel, Dread Jesus, Name in the Papers: An Urban Adventure Novel\u003c\/i\u003e, and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eChanting Down Babylon: The Rastafari Reader\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wipf \u0026 Stock Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50856139653394,"sku":"9781625640604","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_76313b3a-e6b8-42b8-83b6-925d8d4a7e4d.jpg?v=1737496746","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/reaching-for-the-new-jerusalem-9781625640604","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}