{"product_id":"here-are-your-gods","title":"Here are your Gods","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"col-product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen the Israelites exclaimed, \"Here are your gods!\" at the sight of the golden calf, they were attempting to hold on to the God of their history while fashioning idols for their own purposes.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eIn today's Western world, plenty of shiny false gods still hold power—idols of prosperity, nationalism, and self-interest. Christians desperately need to name and expose these idols. We must retrieve the biblical emphasis on idolatry and apply it anew in our journey of following Jesus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Here Are Your Gods,\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eOld Testament scholar Christopher J. H. Wright combines a biblical study of idolatry with practical discipleship. He calls readers to consider connections between Old Testament patterns and today's culture, especially recurring temptations to trust in political power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow as much as ever, we need a biblically informed understanding of the many ways humans make gods for themselves, the danger of idols, and how God calls us to join him in the battle against idolatry as part of his ongoing mission to be known and worshiped by all peoples.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-reviews\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"product-reviews\" class=\"ivp-collapse-outer\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"reviews-header\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003ca name=\"reviews\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003eREVIEWS\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-expanded=\"true\" id=\"reviews-body\" class=\"reviews-body ivp-collapse collapse in\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"endorsement\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Christopher Wright has given us a powerful and incisive analysis of the nature of idolatry both in biblical times and today. He spares no punches as he exposes the dangers of political idolatry, which has tempted many contemporary Christians. Importantly, he not only diagnoses the problem, he gives us the remedy. This book should be a must-read for Christians as they engage with the political process.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"endorsement-author\"\u003eTremper Longman III, author of The Bible and the Ballot: Using Scripture in Political Decision\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"endorsement-author\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"endorsement\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Wright's careful dive into Scripture on the meaning of idolatry packs a punch for our times—an important reminder that idols, including political idols, are false gods that we create in our image, capable of great harm and destruction but ultimately ciphers within the true created order.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"endorsement-author\"\u003eJohn Inazu, Sally D. Danforth Distinguished Professor of Law and Religion at Washington University in St. Louis\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"endorsement-author\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"endorsement\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The biblical warning to 'keep yourselves from idols' hones in on the source of spiritual, social, moral, and existential ruin. Chris Wright's fine study on idolatry in Scripture and his application of it to our Western world shines a bright light to help us see more clearly what is at stake. Although the West has been shaped by many (now-fading) biblical ideals, we are witnessing a culture shot through with a host of idolatrous tendencies to put our trust in the wrong places—in that which is not-God. Whatever our political views as Christians may be, Wright offers correctives for all of us, exhorting us to be guided by biblical priorities and Christ-centered discipleship, which will ultimately lead to our flourishing as God's image-bearers.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"endorsement-author\"\u003ePaul Copan, Pledger Family Chair of Philosophy and Ethics at Palm Beach Atlantic University, coauthor of Introduction to Biblical Ethics\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"endorsement-author\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"endorsement\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Communal idolatry is one of the most fundamental ways the Bible speaks of human rebellion and sin. Our failure to recognize this has had a crippling effect on the mission of the church in a world rife with idolatry. We have here a very helpful treatment of this theme, grounded in a careful reading of the biblical text and aimed at equipping God's people for its mission in today's world. I am deeply thankful to God for Chris Wright and his faithful and relevant scholarship, which is such a gift to the church today.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"endorsement-author\"\u003eMichael W. Goheen, professor of missional theology at Covenant Seminary, St Louis, and director of theological education at Missional Training Center, Phoenix\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"endorsement\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Fearless, provocative, clear, direct, sharp, urgent, wide-horizoned: it was all those things when he wrote it. But in light of subsequent events, by the time it's published it is a tract for the times.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"endorsement-author\"\u003eJohn Goldingay, senior professor of Old Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary, author of Old Testament Ethics\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"endorsement-author\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"endorsement\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Chris Wright offers a biblically and theologically grounded, unsparing analysis of the idolatrous character of contemporary Western Christianity, formed in collusion with our wider cultures. His focus on idolatry bears on Christian thought and practice in areas as seemingly diverse as mission, creation care, justice work, addiction treatment, and the cultivation of theological maturity and ethical integrity. This timely book is a sobering call to repentance and the renewal of Christian vocation.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"endorsement-author\"\u003eEllen F. Davis, Amos Ragan Kearns Distinguished Professor of Bible and Practical Theology at Duke Divinity School\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"endorsement-author\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"endorsement\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A scathing indictment of the gods of the West—idols we (you and I) have built with our own hands and inadvertently worship. The power and persuasiveness of Wright's prophetic work lies not in bombastic words (he's as irenic as ever) but in the convincing and gripping connection the author makes between idolatry back then and idolatry that we participate in within our present world. The strangeness of this journey between two worlds often leaves Westerners unconvinced about anything but glib connections. Christopher Wright's discourse shatters our shallow readings of Scripture. It will leave you with deeply rooted convictions and, alas, a thoroughly uneasy feeling about false temples and idols that we have built. A most timely evangelical critique of Western society and politics!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"endorsement-author\"\u003eWilliam J. Webb, adjunct professor of biblical studies at Tyndale Seminary in Toronto, author of Corporal Punishment in the Bible\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-product-resources\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-resources\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"product-toc\" class=\"table-of-contents ivp-collapse-outer\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"toc-header\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCONTENTS\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"toc-body\" class=\"toc-body ivp-collapse collapse\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: The Lord God and Other Gods in the Bible\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Paradox of the Gods\u003cbr\u003e2. What Are the Gods?\u003cbr\u003e3. Discerning the Gods\u003cbr\u003e4. Mission and the Gods\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: Political Idolatry Then and Now\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. The Rise and Fall of Nations in Biblical Perspective\u003cbr\u003e6. God in the Political Arena\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3: God’s People in an Idolatrous World\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7. A People Shaped by the Living God\u003cbr\u003e8. Following Jesus in Turbulent Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eScripture Index\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ivp-collapse-gradient\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-family\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zone zone-related-products\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"widget-relatedProductsCart widget-related-products widget-related-products-widget widget\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-list-name=\"You May Also Like\" class=\"product-impression-list\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-scroller\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-list-name=\"\" class=\"product-impression-list\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-scroller-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"item-picker\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-list-table\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-category=\"Cultural Analysis\/Economics\/Missions \u0026amp; Missiology\/Activism\/World Christianity\" data-name=\"Overturning Tables\" data-id=\"3680\" class=\"product-impression\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-cell\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-url=\"\/overturning-tables\" class=\"product-thumbnail-link\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Product\" itemscope=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"arrow rightArrow bound-to-action\"\u003e\u003ci class=\"fa fa-chevron-right fa-lg arrow-icon\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-author-details\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-author-info\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-author-header\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-author-img\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ivpress.com\/christopher-j-h-wright\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"img-responsive thumbnail\" title=\"Christopher J. H. Wright\" alt=\"Christopher J. H. Wright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ivpress.com\/Media\/Default\/Authors\/343.jpg\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-author-bio\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChristopher J. H. Wright (PhD, Cambridge) is international ministries director of the Langham Partnership. He has written many books including\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Mission of God\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCultivating the Fruit of the Spirit\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOld Testament Ethics for the People of God\u003c\/em\u003e, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eKnowing Jesus Through the Old Testament.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHe was chair of the Lausanne Theology Working Group from 2005-2011 and the chief architect of The Cape Town Commitment from the Third Lausanne Congress, 2010.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"IVP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36352697467034,"sku":null,"price":8.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0297\/3866\/3995\/products\/image_60a5a53e-c89a-4dab-8574-5760b93db2e1.jpg?v=1741360660","url":"https:\/\/www.evangelicalbooks.com\/products\/here-are-your-gods","provider":"Evangelical Book Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}