The Faith of the Outsider: Exclusion and Inclusion in the Biblical Story

This book offers a probing, insightful look at the outsider motif running through the Bible. The biblical story about Gods covenant with insiders - with Israel as the chosen people - is scandalous in todays cultural climate of inclusivity. But, as Frank Anthony Spina shows, Gods exclusive election actually has an inclusive purpose. Looking carefully at the biblical narrative, Spina highlights in bold relief seven remarkable stories that treat nonelect people positively and, even more, as strategically important participants in Gods plan of salvation. The stories of Esau, Tamar, Rahab, Naaman, Jonah, Ruth, and the woman at the well come alive in new ways as Spina discusses and examines them from an outsider-insider point of view.