The Kingdom Among Us: The Gospel According to Dallas Willard

Despite perennial attraction to his teachings Dallas Willards theology has not been easy for his readers and colleagues to figure out or piece together. His approach to theology was an odd one. His five bestselling books on the Christian life were a side job to his quiet career as a professional philosopher.To what if not to his profession can one attribute the lasting attraction of his books? On one hand it is Willards rhetorical skill and his cross-disciplinary knowledge--philosophical psychological biblical--regarding the central issues of human life. But more importantly his books all proclaim a gospel which in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries can be especially hard to hear. Willard spoke of this gospel in biblical terms the gospel of the kingdom a gospel of spiritual living.The Kingdom Among Us presents a comprehensive account of that gospel.But it is much more than mere interpretation. By examining both Willards writings and hundreds of hours of audio recordings Michael Steward Robb both recovers and expands Willards theological vision.The book will help long time readers of Willards books make sense of his position in professional theology and philosophy. Robbs reconstruction of a gospel of spiritual living will help scholars theologians and philosophers make sense of Willards side job. But all readers will encounter in these pages the most complete picture available of one of the giants of modern Christian spirituality.