Heaven on Earth: God’s Call to Community in the Book of Revelation

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Much of the literature on the book of Revelation paints a frightening

apocalyptic vision of the end times. Michael Battle offers an alternative look at

Revelation in this new work, seeing it instead as a hopeful call to bring heaven on

earth. Battle explores the problematic imagery found in Revelation before showing

how similar problems play out in our contemporary world. Battle sees Revelation as a

guide that shows us that we can live out God’s call for heaven on earth by living

in community with one another, as exhibited through the writings of Martin Luther

King Jr., Desmond Tutu, Rowan Williams, and Ubuntu theology. He writes, aEUROoeI seek to

imagine in my particular Christian context how a view of heaven need not lead to

culture wars and further excuses for oppressing others. Heaven, as envisioned by

John of Patmos, has much greater purpose.aEURO