I want to call your attention to my colleague Richard Hughes’s book, Christian America and the Kingdom of God. It is due out in June with the University of Illinois Press.
Hughes reflects on the meaning of the “Kingdom of God” in both the Old Testament and New Testament and concludes that “Christian America” is an oxymoron. In other words, the United States of America and the Kingdom of God are ultimately incompatible ideas. The book comes with endorsements from Martin Marty, Robert Bellah, and Mark Noll and a foreword by Emergent Church leader Brian Mclaren.
I read an earlier manifestation of this book in manuscript form and have heard Hughes speak about it so I can say with a certain degree of confidence that anyone interested in this topic will be in for a treat.
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