{"product_id":"households-of-faith-practicing-family-in-the-kingdom-of-god-paperback","title":"Households of Faith: Practicing Family in the Kingdom of God - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEmily Hunter McGowin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e Book Awards Finalist--Marriage, Family, and Singleness \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Holistic Vision of Family in God's Kingdom\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Christian world tends to have a blueprint for what families should look like, and these models of the family can be hard to live up to. In some circles, picture-perfect families are idealized and even idolatrized. Many Christians have a gnawing sense that this \"traditional family\" model is problematic or outdated. But is there an alternative way of understanding family that's neither idolatrous nor revisionist?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheologian Emily McGowin casts a holistic vision for what family can be in light of God's kingdom. Jesus is our first teacher about families in thekingdom of God, and families rightly understand themselves only in relation to God's kingdom and the church.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHouseholds of Faith\u003c\/i\u003e, McGowin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003erecovers biblical portraits of households of faith that are not limited to just the biological nuclear family, that can be multigenerational households of married and single, with or without children, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eacknowledges the realities of how sin and trauma damages families and communities, and\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecalls Christians to practicefamily as apprentices to love who discern the times and improvise faithfulness together.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmily Hunter McGowin (PhD, University of Dayton) is associate professor of theology at Wheaton College. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eQuivering Families\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eChristmas\u003c\/i\u003e, and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eGod and Wonder.\u003c\/i\u003e Her articles have appeared in\u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Week.\u003c\/i\u003e She is a priest and canon theologian in the Anglican diocese of Churches for the Sake of Others. She and her husband, Ron, also a priest, live in Chicagoland with their three children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8.5 x 5.59 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 28, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53461614362931,"sku":"9781514000069","price":23.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/households-of-faith-practicing-family-in-the-kingdom-of-god-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}