Dr. Mark R. Glanville ist außerordentlicher Professor für Pastoraltheologie am Regent College in Vancouver und ein Gelehrter des Alten Testaments (Hebräische Bibel). Seine jüngste Forschung untersucht die Dynamik von Verwandtschaft und Ethik im Alten Testament. Glanville bringt eine einzigartige Perspektive ein, da er zuvor 14 Jahre lang sowohl in Kanada als auch in Australien als Pastor tätig war und reflektierende, nach Gerechtigkeit suchende Seelsorge mit fundierter biblischer Gelehrsamkeit verband. Er ist außerdem ein ausgebildeter Jazzpianist, der auf der Jazzszene von Vancouver aktiv ist.
Mark R. Glanville and Luke Glanville offer a new approach to compassion for displaced people: a biblical ethic of kinship. Challenging the fear-based ethic that often motivates Christian approaches, they demonstrate how this ethic is consistently conveyed throughout the Bible and can be practically embodied today.
Family provides community, identity, and shared values. In the book of Exodus, God frees Israel from slavery to Egypt. But they are not left as orphans. Rather, the redeemed are made into a new family--God's family. In Freed to be God's Family, Mark R. Glanville argues that the central motif of Exodus is community. God wants a healthy, dynamic relationship with the redeemed. As family members, Israel is called to learn God's ways and reflect God's character to the world. Freed to be God's Family is a concise and accessible guide to the message and themes of Exodus. Each chapter keeps the big picture central and provides probing questions for reflection and discussion.
Though the post-Christian cultural turn can be disconcerting, it is also a uniquely exciting time to reimagine churches. Building on the dynamic traditions of jazz music and Christian community, biblical scholar and jazz musician Mark Glanville unfolds a biblical, practical, and inventive vision for building the churches we long for.