Jesus’s blessing of the peacemakers has a long prehistory in Israel’s reflections on shalom. Yet neither the Bible that Jesus read nor his own practices looked like the church’s all too frequent conflict avoidance, acceptance of racialized or gendered power structures, or refusal to reexamine theological claims. These sessions trace the Bible’s ideas about peace and our capacity for building it. They then consider how the church can build capacity for peace within its own walls and in our communities. And they consider the ways in which peacemaking reflects God’s desire for a blessed state for all humankind.

LED BY

Mark Hamilton

GUIDEBOOK

Click below to flip through a digital guidebook, watch videos of each session, and engage with discussion questions to extend your learning. Additionally, the session videos are accessible in the Summit 2020 playlist on the Siburt Institute’s YouTube channel.

SESSIONS

PEACE EXPECTED: The Vision of Isaiah

PEACE CELEBRATED: The Vision of the Psalms

PEACE ENACTED: The Vision of the Cross

Speaker

MARK HAMILTON

After ministering several years in congregations in Connecticut and Massachusetts, Mark Hamilton moved to ACU, where he teaches courses in biblical Hebrew and Old Testament. He has also held teaching roles at institutions such as Harvard and Pepperdine and has taught in several countries. Mark also is an elder of the University Church of Christ in Abilene. He is a prolific writer, and his most recent book is Jesus, King of Strangers (Eerdmans, 2019). He and his wife, Samjung, have two adult children they dearly love.