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Jeremiah 29:1-7
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(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
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Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7, Commentary, Background, Insights from Literary Structure,
Theological Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna Grant-Henderson, Uniting
Church in Australia.
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the chapter a 'social resistance', but certainly agree on a non-violent
acceptance of the reality." |
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Jeremiah 29:1-7,
The Old Testament Readings: Weekly Comments on the Revised Common
Lectionary, Howard Wallace Audrey Schindler, Morag Logan, Paul Tonson, Lorraine Parkinson, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church,
Melbourne, Australia.
| "Real hope for the people,
according to Jeremiah, lay not in some immediate relief from social
and communal death, but in living through that experience as
faithful people, awaiting the Lord’s 'future with hope'." |
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Lectionary
Commentary, Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7, 14th Sunday After Pentecost (Year C),
by Dennis Bratcher at Christian
Resource Institute. |
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"You
Better Not Shop Around," Blogging Toward Sunday, Stan Wilson,
Theolog:
The Blog of The Christian Century, 2007.
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one word in Jeremiah’s charge, and it becomes a very real challenge
for my congregation: 'Seek the shalom of the neighborhood
where I have sent you. . . . and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for
in its shalom you will find your shalom.'" |
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"The New Urbanism," study guide for
adults, Robert B. Kruschwitz, (other resources at)
"Cities and Towns," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian
Ethics at Baylor University, 2006. |
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"Strange People, Strange Places: The Geography of Salvation,"
The Journey with Jesus: Notes to Myself, Daniel B. Clendenin, Journey
with Jesus Foundation.
| "When have you discerned God
working in strange places or people?" |
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"Biblical Theology
and the Culture War," David VanDrunen, Kerux, 1996. |
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"On Exile:
Yoder, Said, and a Theology of Land and Return," Alain Epp Weaver,
CrossCurrents, 2003.
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"How should Palestinian
exile, and exile more generally, be understood theologically? How should
Christians understand the dreams of many exiles, dreams which often appear
hopeless, of return to their homes?" |
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Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
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Bundang, Rachel A.R., "Home
As Memory, Metaphor, and Promise in Asian/Pacific American Religious
Experience," Semeia, 2002.
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Holladay, William L., "God Writes a Rude
Letter (Jeremiah 29:1-23)," Biblical Archaeologist, 1983.
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Overholt, Thomas W., "Jeremiah 27-29:The
Question of False Prophecy," Journal of the American Academy of
Religion, 1967.
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Smith, Daniel L., "Jeremiah As Prophet of
Nonviolent Resistance," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament,
1989.
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Weaver, Alain Epp, "On Exile: Yoder,
Said, and a Theology of Land and Return," Cross Currents, 2003.
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Wilson, Gerald H., "The Prayer of Daniel
9: Reflection on Jeremiah 29," Journal for the Study of the Old
Testament, 1990.
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Yates, Gary E.,
"Narrative Parallelism and the 'Jehoiakim Frame': A Reading Strategy for
Jeremiah 26-45," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society,
2005.
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