Justyn Terry

Este es un libro escrito por alguien con experiencia pr ctica y que se dirige a otros que tambi n tienen experiencia pr ctica. Se organiza entorno a cinco fases del liderazgo: ganarse la confianza de la gente, desarrollar l deres, discernir la visi n, llevar a cabo planes y saber retirarse del proceso. Su contenido ofrece un panorama respecto al ciclo de vida del liderazgo a partir de una perspectiva espec ficamente cristiana. El Dr. Justyn Terry ha aprovechado sus m s de veinte a os de experiencia como l der en instituciones teol gicas e iglesias, con el fin de ofrecernos consejos pr cticos en torno al papel que juega el l der. En vez de concentrase principalmente en los estilos de liderazgo o las destrezas requeridas, el libro nos demuestra la raz n por la que estas destrezas son importantes en su contexto adecuado. Al concentrarse en la tarea general del l der, el Dr. Terry nos ofrece una visi n respecto al liderazgo que combina sus distintos elementos en un solo conjunto.

Humanity is moving ever towards its final destination without knowing why, when, where: teloi, multiple paths, leading towards God's eschaton. These essays examine the movement towards this day of reckoning, and how such eschatological events are projected back into time. Towards the Day after Tomorrow, or the one after that, or months, decades--centuries--away, often we behave as though the end is upon us. These essays start with the beginning of the end: the incarnation. We examine the origins of Karl Barth's realized eschatology in Expressionism. We consider death and judgment, as usurped by humanity, an eschaton without God's forgiving judgment: multiple Holocausts. War ushers in the eschaton, but how do Christians handle conflict in the light of a redefined just war theory? We analyze the eschatological insights into humanity's end in The Simpsons--post mortem. Consider the issue of atheistic human authorities usurping God's judgment. Finally crisis and judgment are glimpsed in the mindset of people who suffer seizures--postlapsarian exile, the sufferance of salvation: how God blesses us despite the chaos of our human-generated teloi, in preparation for the end. As the end approaches, events become darker, chaotic, confusion reigns: "Judas immediately went out. And it was night."

This monograph argues that the doctrine of atonement may be presented more coherently by recognizing judgement as the principle metaphor of the reconciling work of Christ. Judgement, understood not only as condemnation but as the whole process of bringing about justice, provides the pattern to which victory, redemption, and sacrifice may be compared and to which they should be related. The first section is a study of twentieth-century British atonement theology to understand the assumptions that give rise to the difficulties in proclaiming the atonement. The second section examines Karl Barth's account of reconciliation in terms of the judgement of Jesus Christ, and its relationship to victory, redemption, and sacrifice. The proposal is made that judgement is the paradigmatic metaphor of the doctrine of atonement. The implications of this claim are then considered for the response to the work of Christ, and how repentance, baptism, Eucharist, and holiness are related to judgement.