John Endres

The essays gathered here provide a panoramic view of current thinking on biblical texts that play important roles in contemporary struggles for social justice – either as inspiration or impediment. Here, from the hands of an ecumenical array of leading biblical scholars, are fresh and compelling resources for thinking biblically about what justice is and what it demands. Individual essays treat key debates, themes, and texts, locating each within its historical and cultural settings while also linking them to the most pressing justice concerns of the twenty-first century. The volume aims to challenge academic and ecclesiastical complacency and highlight key avenues for future scholarship and action.

The essays gathered here provide a panoramic view of current thinking on biblical texts that play important roles in contemporary struggles for social justice – either as inspiration or impediment. Here, from the hands of an ecumenical array of leading biblical scholars, are fresh and compelling resources for thinking biblically about what justice is and what it demands. Individual essays treat key debates, themes, and texts, locating each within its historical and cultural settings while also linking them to the most pressing justice concerns of the twenty-first century. The volume aims to challenge academic and ecclesiastical complacency and highlight key avenues for future scholarship and action.

Since the 1990s, communism has fallen, apartheid has been dismantled, and technological innovation has transformed the world. How have cities dealt with the impact of these and other changes? John Endres interviewed city managers, consultants, councillors and staff from cities in South Africa, New Zealand, the United States and Germany to find out. In eight well-structured case studies, he describes successes and failures, obstacles and solutions, and links his empirical observations back to the literature on Change Management. Throughout, he makes use of an innovative behavioral model of change in individuals and organizations. The model helps to explain why managing change can be one of the greatest headaches for leaders in organizations - and also provides suggestions on how to make change work better.