Professor Chris Marshall is currently holder of the Diana Unwin Chair in Restorative Justice in the School of Government, at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Prior to taking up this post in 2014, he was the St John's Professor of Christian Theology and Head of the School of Art History, Classics and Religious Studies at Victoria University. Before that he taught New Testament for 19 years at Laidlaw College in Auckland, during which time he wrote Kingdom Come for use by his students. In addition to Kingdom Come (1990), Marshall is author of Faith As A Theme In Mark's Gospel (Cambridge University Press, 1989), Beyond Retribution: A New Testament Vision For Justice, Crime, and Punishment (Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2001), Crowned With Glory And Honor: Human Rights In The Biblical Tradition (Pandora Press, 2001), Little Book Of Biblical Justice (Good Books, 2005) and Compassionate Justice: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue with Two Gospel Parables on Law, Crime, and Restorative Justice (Cascade: Wipf & Stock, 2012).
Dr. Marshall has written a short and simple introduction to the
teaching of Jesus on the kingdom of God which will be welcomed by
lay person and student alike for its clarity, force and expert
scholarship. It will do much to foster a sound understanding of
basic biblical teaching about the kingdom of God at a time when the
centrality of the concept is once again being recognised but its
significance not always rightly understood.
--Professor I. H. Marshall, University of Aberdeen This is a brief,
simply presented book which makes accessible to beginners,
especially those of limited previous education, the New Testament
theme of the kingdom of God as understood in mainstream standard
scholarship. In this aim it can be said to have succeeded. The
scholarly backing is up to date and footnotes are useful but not
oppressive. The point of view is clearly Christian but the material
is presented with objectivity. It could be very useful for
beginners' courses on Jesus and the Gospels.
--Professor J. L. Houlden, University of London Marshall has
succeeded well in his project of writing on the kingdom of God in a
format suitable for church leaders, informed lay people and college
students rather than for specialists . . . As a BTh student, I'm
thankful that I now have Kingdom Come on my bookshelf . . .
However, along with Marshall, I hope that the book will find the
wider readership that it deserves.
--Simon Crittle, Theological Student
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