The Gospel of Faith and Justice

includes index and biblioraphy

1. The Continuing Vitality of Liberation Theology The Primacy of Practice 2 The Perspective of the Poor 5 By Way of Conclusion 9 2. The Gospel of Faith and Justice "Abraham Believed and It Was Reckoned to Him as Justice" 12 "Our Justice Will Be to Put These Commandments into Practice" 17 "All Our Righteous Deeds Are Like a Polluted Garment" 23 "Will Not God Vindicate His Elect?" 27 "The Justice Which Is by Faith" 33 The Present Time of Justice 36 3. Matthew 25 and the Hope of the Poor Hope in "Humanist Constantinianism" 43 The Gospel of Matthew 47 Hope in Matthew 25:31-46 56 Conclusion: Humanism and Christianity 67 4. The Proclamation of the Reign of Jesus the Messiah To Proclaim Jesus Christ Is to Proclaim the Reign of God 71 To Proclaim the Reign of God Is to Proclaim Jesus Christ 78 The Proclamation of Christ Today 93 5. The Pentecostal Church of the Poor 6. The Reason for Hope The Hope That Is Seen 104 The Hope That Is Not Seen 110 The First Fruits of Hope 114 The Structure of Christian Hope 121 Conclusion 144 7. The Trinitarian Reign of the Christian God The Trinity as Model of the Kingdom 148 The Trinitarian Reign of God 150 Conclusion 157 8. Theology`s Past and Liberation`s Future A New Theology 160 Analyzing the Crisis 162 Returning to the Gospel 165