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In Hope for the Oppressor, Patrick Oden examines the topic of liberation from the perspective of the oppressor, arguing that oppressors need to be and indeed can be liberated from oppressing. Oden points to community as a hope that brings change, inviting people into a new expression of life together.
List of contents
Part One: The Context of Oppressing
1. The Crisis of Social Identity
2. The Crisis of Self-Existence
3. The Crisis of Becoming
Part Two: Liberating Oppressors in Scripture and the Early Church
4. The Liberating Way of God
5. The Liberating Way of Christ
6. The Liberating Way of the Early Church
7. The Liberating Way of the Desert
Part Three: Constructing Hope for the Oppressors
8. Hope from God
9. Hope with God
10. Hope for Transformation
11. Hope in the Kingdom
12. Hope among Community
13. Conclusion
About the author
Patrick Oden is assistant professor of theology at Azusa Pacific University in Azusa, California. This volume is based on a dissertation completed at Fuller Theological Seminary under the direction of Veli-Matti Karkkainen.
Summary
In Hope for the Oppressor, Patrick Oden examines the topic of liberation from the perspective of the oppressor, arguing that oppressors need to be and indeed can be liberated from oppressing. Oden points to community as a hope that brings change, inviting people into a new expression of life together.
