The Sermon on the Mount

Although a central Christian text the Sermon on the Mount remains full of mystery. In this book an ecumenical group of scholars guides us from exegesis to theology to application to proclamation. <i>Marianne Meye Thompson</i> grounds the Sermon in the narrative of Matthew’s Gospel. <i>Piotr Małysz </i>provides theological amazement at the Sermon being at once law and gospel. <i>David Cloutier</i> works with the Sermon to understand and critique our culture of victimhood. <i>Brent Waters</i> explores its economic “realism.” <i>Sarah Hinlicky Wilson</i> concludes with a poetic paraphrase and reflections on how to preach on the Sermon as a whole.<br /><br />As a special supplement and continuing the concern of Pro Ecclesia for doing theology ecumenically <i>Michael Root</i> examines the changes in the ecumenical movement over the past generation. This volume as a whole is offered <i>pro ecclesia</i> for the building up of the church.<br />