Baker Academic
Reimagining Biblical Politics
What Scripture Says About Public Life and Why It Matters
Michael J. Rhodes · foreword by Carmen Joy Imes
Baker Academic · Public Theology
Published June 2026 · ISBN 9781540967558
About this book
A biblical-theology account of public life and political engagement, drawing on the whole sweep of Scripture to reframe how Christians think about politics.
About the author. Michael J. Rhodes (PhD, Trinity College / University of Aberdeen) is lecturer in Old Testament at Carey Baptist College in Aotearoa New Zealand. He publishes in the areas of biblical studies, economic ethics, justice, and discipleship and is the author of several books, including Just Discipleship, Formative Feasting, and Practicing the King's Economy (with Robby Holt and Brian Fikkert). Rhodes (an ordained EPC pastor) and his family currently live in South Auckland, where they are part of an intentional community engaged in Christian community development.
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