The Economy of Salvation

Over the last four decades the focus of M. Douglas Meeks' work has placed him at the center of many of the most important developments in theological reflection and education. As a political ecclesial and metaphorical theologian Meeks has given witness to the oikonomia of the triune God the Homemaker who creates the conditions of Home for the whole of creation in critical conversation with contemporary economic social and political theory. The essays of this volume were written to honor Meeks professor of theology at Vanderbilt Divinity School by addressing the theme of God's economy of salvation from biblical historical ecclesial and theological perspectives. In an age of ecological devastation and economic injustice Meeks teaches us how to place our hope--as disciples of Jesus as members of local congregations as stewards of institutional life and as global citizens--in God's power for life over death through Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. These essays will serve to enliven and clarify this hope for the sake of the world God so loves. CONTRIBUTORS: Jurgen Moltmann Timothy Reinhold Eberhart Matthew W. Charlton Walter Brueggemann Josiah Young Kendall Soulen Patout Burns John Cobb Michael Welker Nestor O. Miguez Charles M. Wood and Sondra Wheeler.