The Book of Haggai: A resource for resident aliens
In Resident Aliens, Stanley Hauerwas and William Willimon argued that the end of Constantinian Christendom provides an opportunity for the church to renew its true identity as “a colony of heaven” whose communal life embodies the truth about the world revealed through the life, death, and resurrecti...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2015
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| In: |
Review and expositor
Year: 2015, Volume: 112, Issue: 1, Pages: 135-143 |
| Further subjects: | B
Theological Interpretation
B Second Temple B Haggai B Resident Aliens B Hauerwas |
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| Summary: | In Resident Aliens, Stanley Hauerwas and William Willimon argued that the end of Constantinian Christendom provides an opportunity for the church to renew its true identity as “a colony of heaven” whose communal life embodies the truth about the world revealed through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. This vision of the church was based on the biblical story of Israel in the wilderness, historical patterns of Jewish communal life, and depictions of Christian discipleship in the New Testament. This article argues that the Book of Haggai provides a biblical example of the kind of theologically oriented community that Hauerwas and Willimon described. The prophet’s community provides examples of the characteristics of the church that Hauerwas and Willimon advocated for in Resident Aliens through Haggai’s theological rationale for building the Jerusalem Temple, the nature of the Temple project as a quest, and Haggai’s eschatological orientation. |
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| ISSN: | 2052-9449 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review and expositor
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0034637314562722 |