Cultural Identity and the Purposes of God: A Biblical Theology of Ethnicity, Nationality, and Race

by Steven M. Bryan

Publisher:

Crossway

, 2022

Overview

Humanity’s diverse nationalities, ethnicities, and races were intended to be a blessing from God. However, due to sin and rebellion, these differences often result in alienation, hatred, and even violence, becoming one of the most urgent problems facing the world. Cultural divisions are unfortunately common in the church, too. How can Christians embrace God’s purposes for diversity and experience renewal and unity as his people?

Steven Bryan presents a biblical framework for thinking about cultural identity and experiencing cultural diversity as a positive good that God intended. Writing from more than 20 years of experience in cross-cultural mission work in Ethiopia, Bryan examines historical and political aspects of nationality, ethnicity, and race. This practical examination of cultural ideologies—including multiculturalism, nationalism, and intersectionality—helps readers move from asking, Who am I? to Who are we? as God’s people.

Key Features

• Examines historical and political aspects of nationality, ethnicity, and race
• Helps readers move from asking, Who am I? to Who are we? as God’s people
• Presents a biblical framework for thinking about cultural identity and experiencing cultural diversity as a positive good that God intended

Contents

• Ethnicity, Nationality, and Race: The Problem of Cultural Identity
• The Divine Vision: God’s Intention for a World Teeming with Peoples
• Children of Cain, Heirs of Babel: Cultural Identity in Rebellion
• One for All: The Restoration of Blessing in a People of Peoples
• Articles of Separation: Desecration, Dissolution, and the Death of Nations
• Bread for Dogs, Bread for the World: Privilege and Hospitality in the Gospel of Matthew
• Holy to the Lord: The Destruction and Renewal of Cultural Identities
• The Open Temple: Worship and the Unity of All Peoples
• Paul and the Practices of Belief: The Gospel and Cultural Diversity
• The Unity of All Peoples: Parody, Reality, and the Wealth of Nations
• A Purpose for Peoples: The Dilemma of Cultural Identity and the Hope of a New Humanity

Product Details

• Title: Cultural Identity and the Purposes of God: A Biblical Theology of Ethnicity, Nationality, and Race
• Author: Steven M. Bryan
• Publisher: Crossway
• Print Publication Date: 2022
• Logos Release Date: 2022
• Pages: 286
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Christianity and culture; Multiculturalism › Religious aspects--Christianity; Cultural pluralism › Religious aspects--Christianity; Ethnicity › Religious aspects--Christianity
• ISBNs: 9781433569739, 9781433569760, 9781433569746, 9781433569753, 1433569736, 1433569760, 1433569744, 1433569752
• Resource ID: LLS:CLTRLDNTTYPRPGD
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T22:46:20Z

About Steven M. Bryan

Steven M. Bryan (PhD, Cambridge University) is professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He also served as a theological educator in Ethiopia for more than twenty years and as director of SIM Ethiopia for six years. He and his wife have three sons and a daughter-in-law.