Overview

Is there still promise in the metropolis? Can modern cities have lasting value? Drawing on a wide range of resources including the writings of Paul, the Apocalypse, Greco-Roman literature, church history, theology, and socioeconomic theory, Dieter Georgi answers yes. Our cities can become more than human and ecological garbage dumps; they can aspire to be communities where people live in harmony with one another and their environment. In support of this lofty goal, Georgi unmasks economic and political theories and elements of Christian theology that have led to the demise of cities and then advocates a new praxis of urban theology, a concrete way of living together in the cities of today and tomorrow. Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org).

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'Finally, although any reader will find minor points with which to disagree [...], they neither lessen the thought-provoking and more important purposes of the works of Georgi nor the overall quality of the volume.' Timothy Friedrichsen, Review of Biblical Literature, 2006. 'I found the book lucid and somewhat helpful as a contemporary prolegomena to an urban theology with limited usefulness in the area of praxis. I would recommend it as supplementary, optional reading for an urban theology advanced undergraduate class on urban theology.' Randy Haney, Review of Biblical Literature, 2006.

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The late Dieter Georgi was Professor (Emeritus) for New Testament Studies at the Department of Protestant Theology at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitat, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

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