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001 2008046031
003 DLC
005 20090905090256.0
008 081103s2008 ilu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008046031
020 $a9780830828098 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a0830828095 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn262430767
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDX$dBTCTA$dYDXCP$dCDX$dBWX$dOCLCQ$dHNW$dDLC
050 00 $aBS680.P47$bH84 2008
082 00 $a261.8/325$222
100 1 $aHughes, Dewi Arwel.
245 10 $aPower and poverty :$bdivine and human rule in a world of need /$cDewi Hughes ; foreword by Christopher Wright.
260 $aDowners Grove, Ill. :$bIVP Academic,$cc2008.
300 $a253 p. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [244]-245) and index.
505 0 $aFinding the roots of poverty in Genesis 1-11 -- God's covenant with Abraham and its significance in the history of redemption -- Divinely ordained government in the Old Testament -- The laws to prevent poverty -- Welfare law and what it implies about being poor -- The glory and inadequacy of the Mosaic covenant -- Jesus the supreme ruler -- What Jesus did : the acts of the supreme ruler -- What Jesus taught : the Beatitudes -- What Jesus taught : strategies for kingdom living -- What Jesus is doing : the work of the Holy Spirit -- What Jesus is going to do : the final judgment -- The ordered society of the supreme ruler -- The church is a joyful community -- The church is a community who speak God's words.
650 0 $aPoverty in the Bible.
650 0 $aPoverty$xReligious aspects$xChristianity.
650 0 $aPower (Christian theology)
650 0 $aChristian life.