Description: Through brilliant new interpretations of biblical exiles, Daniel Smith-Christopher shows their experience as the most apt model for the Church as witnesses for the peace and justice of God in a strange land. Endorsements: ""Smith presents the biblical exile as a model for godly faith. Scholars will appreciate his creative sociological interface between modern oppressed groups and Israel in captivity. Civil religion and liberation theologies consider exodus the key biblical model. Such theologies often nurture corruptions of power. Smith-Christopher's book, however, shows exile to...