Finding God in the Margins: The Book of Ruth

by Carolyn Custis James, Craig G. Barthomoew (Editor)

Overview

2018 Top Shelf Book Cover Award WinnerThe ancient book of Ruth speaks into today's world with astonishing relevance.In four short episodes, readers encounter refugees, undocumented immigrants, poverty, hunger, women's rights, male power and privilege, discrimination, and injustice.In Finding God in the Margins, Carolyn Custis James reveals how the book of Ruth is about God, the questions that surface when life falls apart, and how God reaches into the margins and chooses two totally marginalized women who, in the eyes of the patriarchal culture, are zeros.Against the backdrop of disturbing issues in today's world, this bracing narrative puts on display a radical gospel way of living together as human beings that shouts the Kingdom of God, foreshadows Jesus' gospel, and raises the bar for men and women, then and now.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781683590804
Publisher:	Lexham Press
Publication date:	02/24/2018
Series:	Transformative Word
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Carolyn Custis James is an award-winning author and international speaker. She blogs at www.carolyncustisjames.com, as a Leading Voice at MissioAlliance, and at Huffington Post, is an adjunct faculty member at Biblical Theological Seminary, and a consulting editor for for Zondervan's Exegetical Commentary Series on the New Testament. Her books include Malestrom-Manhood Swept into the Currents of a Changing World, Half the Church-Recapturing God's Global Vision for Women, and The Gospel of Ruth-Loving God Enough to Break the Rules. She speaks regularly at church conferences, colleges and other Christian organizations and is a visiting lecturer at theological seminaries. In 2013, Christianity Today named her one of the 50 evangelical women to watch.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction 1

2 Entering the World of Naomi and Ruth 15

3 Inconsolable 26

4 Undocumented! 36

5 The Power of Hesed 49

6 Restless in Bethlehem 62

7 Breaking the Rules for Naomi 72

8 The Manly Side of the Story 82

9 Better than Seven Sons 96

Recommended Reading 109

Notes 110

Editorial Reviews

2018 Top Shelf Book Cover Award Winner

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