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Spring 2019 · Vol. 48 No. 1 · pp. 63–65 

Recommended Reading

The Kingdom of God: Suggested Readings

Jessica McKitrick

  • Allison, Dale C., Jr. “Kingdom of God.” The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism. Edited by John J. Collins and Daniel C. Harlow, 860-61. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2010.
  • Bates, Matthew W. Salvation by Allegiance Alone: Rethinking Faith, Works, and the Gospel of Jesus the King. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2017.
  • Beasley-Murray, G. R. Jesus and the Kingdom of God. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1986.
  • Beavis, Mary Ann. Jesus and Utopia: Looking for the Kingdom of God in the Roman World. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2006.
  • Bright, John. The Kingdom of God: The Biblical Concept and its Meaning for the Church. Nashville: Abingdon, 1953, 1981.
  • Chilton, Bruce. Pure Kingdom: Jesus’ Vision of God. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1996.
  • Chilton, Bruce, ed. The Kingdom of God in the Teaching of Jesus. Issues in Religion and Theology 5. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1984.
  • Conde-Frazier, Elizabeth, S. Steve Kang, and Gary A. Parrett. A Many-Colored Kingdom: Multicultural Dynamics for Spiritual Formation. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2004. {64}
  • Evans, Craig A. “Exorcisms and the Kingdom: Inaugurating the Kingdom of God and Defeating the Kingdom of Satan.” In Key Events in the Life of the Historical Jesus: A Collaborative Exploration of Context and Coherence. Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 247. Edited by Darrell L. Bock and Robert L. Webb, 151-79. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2009.
  • Glasser, Arthur F. Announcing the Kingdom: The Story of God’s Mission in the Bible. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2003.
  • Green, Joel B. “Kingdom of God/Heaven.” In Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels. Edited by Joel B. Green, Jeannine K. Brown, and Nicholas Perrin, 468-81. 2nd ed. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2013.
  • Horsley, Richard A. Jesus and Empire: The Kingdom of God and the New World Disorder. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2003.
  • Ladd, George E. The Gospel of the Kingdom: Scriptural Studies in the Kingdom of God. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1959.
  • Marsh, Charles, and John M. Perkins. Welcoming Justice: God’s Movement Toward Beloved Community. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2009.
  • McKnight, Scot. The King Jesus Gospel: The Original Good News Revisited. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011.
  • ———. Kingdom Conspiracy: Returning to the Radical Mission of the Local Church. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos, 2016.
  • Pennington, Jonathan T. Heaven and Earth in the Gospel of Matthew. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2009.
  • Perrin, Nicholas. The Kingdom of God: A Biblical Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2019.
  • Scandrette, Mark. Practicing the Way of Jesus: Life Together in the Kingdom of Love. Grand Rapids, MI: IVP, 2011.
  • Schreiner, Patrick. The Kingdom of God and the Glory of the Cross. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2018. {65}
  • Sherman, Amy. Kingdom Calling. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2012.
  • Smith, James K.A. Awaiting the King: Reforming Public Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2017.
  • ———. Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2009.
  • ———. Imagining the Kingdom: How Worship Works. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2013.
  • Snyder, Howard. Models of the Kingdom. Nashville: Abingdon, 1991.
  • Wakabayashki, Allen M. Kingdom Come: How Jesus Wants to Change the World. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2003.
  • Waltke, Bruce. An Old Testament Theology: An Exegetical, Canonical, and Thematic Approach. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2004.
  • Willis, Wendell, ed. The Kingdom of God in 20th-Century Interpretation. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1987.
  • Wright, Christopher. The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible’s Grand Narrative. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2006.
  • Wright, N.T. How God Became King: The Forgotten Story of the Gospels. New York: HarperOne, 2012.

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