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Reaching for the New Jerusalem
A Biblical and Theological Framework for the City
Urban Voice
Edited by Seong Hyun Park, Aída Besançon Spencer and William David Spencer
Foreword by Eldin Villafañe
Epilogue by J.Anthony Lloyd
Imprint: Wipf and Stock
Seong Hyun Park (PhD, Harvard University) is the Assistant Dean of Boston Campus and Assistant Professor of Old Testament at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He coedits the Africanus Journal, the Africanus Monograph Series, and the Urban Voice Series.
Aida Besancon Spencer (PhD, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is Professor of New Testament at the Hamilton Campus of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Among her books are Beyond the Curse: Women Called to Ministry, Paul's Literary Style, 2 Corinthians, and Pastoral Epistles.
William David Spencer (ThD, Boston University School of Theology) is Ranked Adjunct Professor of Theology and the Arts at the Boston Campus of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He is the author of Mysterium and Mystery: The Clerical Crime Novel, Dread Jesus, Name in the Papers: An Urban Adventure Novel, and coeditor of Chanting Down Babylon: The Rastafari Reader.
"The many authors of this book offer a fresh paradigm for our mission and ministry in the city--'to rebuild our cities of Enoch on the blueprint plans of the New Jerusalem, the blueprints of Christ.'"
--Eldin Villafane, Professor of Christian Social Ethics and Founding Director of the Center for Urban Ministerial Education (CUME), Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
"Written by a diverse cadre of urban theological specialists and practitioners, this compilation is timely, scholarly, relevant, probing, and enlightening. Like a spiritual laser, rays of hope and healing keep flashing through the pages of these articles written by men and women of solid biblical faith who every day work, research, teach, and 'pray for the peace of the city' as they point us to the 'beautiful city of God.'"
--Michael E. Haynes, Pastor Emeritus, Twelfth Baptist Church, Boston, MA