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In Cities of Tomorrow and the City to Come, urban studies and political science professor Noah Toly develops a theology of city life for our urban world---an outlook all the more needed as the influence of today's global megacities reaches to the ends of the earth.
List of contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: From the City of the Century to the Century of the City
Chapter 2: Community
Chapter 3: The Built Environment
Chapter 4: Wealth and Poverty
Chapter 5: Power
Chapter 6: Justice
Chapter 7: Cities of Tomorrow and the City to Come
About the author
Noah Toly (Ph.D., University of Delaware) is Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Politics & International Relations at Wheaton College. He is editor of the Routledge series Cities and Global Governance and has co-authored and co-edited several other books including Understanding Jacques Ellul and Keeping God’s Earth: The Global Environment in Biblical Perspective.
Gene L. Green (PhD, Kings College, Aberdeen University) is dean of Trinity International University’s Florida campus. Previously, he served as emeritus professor of New Testament at Wheaton College and Graduate School. His special research interest is the intersection of the Christian faith and cultures, both ancient and contemporary. Gene has pastored and taught in churches in the United States and Latin America since 1972.
Summary
In Cities of Tomorrow and the City to Come, urban studies and political science professor Noah Toly develops a theology of city life for our urban world---an outlook all the more needed as the influence of today’s global megacities reaches to the ends of the earth.
