Kingdom Come: Reflections in Honor of Jonathan R. Wilson

by Jason Byassee; Jeremy Kidwell; Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove; Leah Wilson-Hartgrove

Publisher:

Cascade Books

, 2022

Overview

For four decades, the Rev. Dr. Jonathan R. Wilson has cultivated an imagination for “kingdom realism” as a pastor, teacher, theologian, and friend. To celebrate his seventieth birthday, Kingdom Come has gathered reflections from fellow theologians, popular authors, poets, and practitioners to mark both the range of Wilson’s influence on the Christian church and the consistency of his prayer and work for God’s kingdom to come here on earth as it is in heaven.

With contributions from: Isaac Villegas Reggie Williams Willie Jennings Stanley Hauerwas Greg Jones Tim Dickau Chandra Mallampalli Reinhard Hutter Axel Schoeber John Berkman Phil Kenneson AKM Adam Margaret Adam Craig Smith Jen Harvey Jeff Greenman Loren Wilkinson Marilyn McEntyre Anna Robbins Terry Smith Munyamasoko Gato Corneil Mike Pears James Purves Danny Zacharias Mike Swalm Susan Phillips Ross Lockhart Ross Hastings Matt Humphrey Peter Harris Anthony Brown Phil Rolnick Andrew Shepherd Chris Hall Joy Banks Christopher Johnston Soohwan Park.

Key Features

• Presents reflections from fellow theologians, popular authors, poets, and practitioners
• Divides the reflections into four parts: lament, reflection, invitation, and celebration
• Represents a celebration of the conversations and vocations Jonathan has helped to cultivate through his commitment to the gospel

Contents

• The Making of a Theologian: Becoming Jonathan Wilson - Jason Byassee
• Artist Statement: On the Road and at the Table - Joy Banks
• Hot Cross Buns - Loren Wilkinson

Lament

• The World Rises While We Wait - Matthew W. Humphrey
• Groaning toward New Creation - Michael Swalm and H. Daniel Zacharias
• Jesus as a Moral Stranger - Reggie L. Williams
• New Monasticism in Our Secular Age - Tim Dickau
• Living Faithfully in a Neoliberal Age? - Andrew Shepherd
• Ads as Moral Cultural Liturgies in Post-Secular Context - Anna Robbins and Christopher Johnston

Reflection

• Plain, Literal, Real Narrative - A. K. M. Adam
• “Listen! This Is Not What You’re Expecting to Hear!” - Anthony Brown
• Reflections for an Irenic Spirit - Axel Schoeber
• Gospel Realism and the Epistle to Hebrews - Craig A. Smith
• A Christian Critique of Christian Britain - John Berkman
• Conversations with Jonathan - Philip A. Rolnick
• Toward a New Natural Theology - Jeremy Kidwell
• The Beatitudes - Reinhard Hütter
• Seeing the Kingdom - Scott Kohler
• “Trinitarian” - W. Ross Hastings
• The Fact of Jesus - Stanley Hauerwas
• Speaking Words against Whiteness - Willie James Jennings

Invitation

• Slowing, Silence, and Solitude - Chris Hall
• Pursuing Theology’s Primary Mode - Jeffrey P. Greenman
• Earthing Heaven Now - Jim Purves
• Eating the Peaceable Kingdom - Margaret B. Adam
• The Practice of Walking as Theological Knowing - Mike Pears
• A Gospel of Fukushima - Soohwan Park
• An Intentionally Disciplined Way of Life and the Ministry of Spiritual Direction - Susan S. Phillips
• Embracing Partnership - Terry Smith
• Rethinking “Church and University” - L. Gregory Jones
• Equipping the Saints - Marilyn McEntyre

Celebration

• Dalit Christian Theology - Chandra Mallampalli
• God’s Work Is to Redeem Creation - Jonas Kambale Musamba
• A Note of Thanks for the Scholar’s Gift - Peter Harris
• The Church as Embodied Witness - Philip D. Kenneson
• Learning to Be a Missional Church - Rob Filgate
• Join with All Nature in Manifold Witness - Ross Lockhart
• Kingdom Realism - Gato Munyamasoko
• Church Matters - Isaac Villegas

Response to Kingdom Come - Jonathan R. Wilson

Praise for Kingdom Come

Far too few beyond the theological academy may recognize the insight or importance of the work of Jonathan R. Wilson, which has charted a way for Christian faithfulness in the midst of cultural fragmentation. Yet if this volume and these contributors are any indication of the significance of his influence as a pastor, teacher, and scholar, then this book and his work surely deserve to be taken very seriously.

—Curtis W. Freeman, Duke Divinity School

Whenever I think of Jonathan Wilson, many descriptors come to mind—scholar, teacher, pastor. But the word that dwarfs all of them is a humble and heartfelt one: friend. All the lectures, articles, sermons, and books that he’s shared over the years are ultimately an act of friendship—a lifetime offering of the caring and affection he holds for others, for creation, and for God. No contemporary theologian embodies such deep mutuality and companionship through their work.

—Diana Butler Bass, author of Freeing Jesus: Rediscovering Jesus as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, and Presence

Product Details

• Title: Kingdom Come: Reflections in Honor of Jonathan R. Wilson
• Authors: Jason Byassee, Jeremy Kidwell, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, Leah Wilson-Hartgrove
• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Print Publication Date: 2022
• Pages: 382
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• ISBNs: 9781666723915, 1666723916
• Resource ID: LLS:KNGDMCMRFLRWLSN
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-11-27T19:31:34Z