Contents

"Introductions: Lazarus at the gate, or the politics of discipleship

Part 1. The Church in the World

The task of the Church evangelism and social action

Subversion and subjection Romans 13 and the cult of the strongman

Unto Caesar what is Caesar's the case of the church as subversive

The desire for strength in order to do good' the case against the church as power broker

Part 2. Transforming society: some approaches

The City on the hill community as a way to change

The idea of Christendom building Christian cultural consensus

The gospel of liberation restructuring power relations

The practice of compassion the development model

Prophet, priest, king some suggested roles for the church

Part 3. Kingdom-keeping: struggle, strategies, disciplines

Social transformation and the discipline of the cross

Survival strategies developing a sense of the possible

The practice of radical pessimism taking evil seriously

The practice of radical hope "can these bones live?"

Conclusion: Kingdom now-living in the age to come