Christians often misunderstand one another when they refer to the Kingdom of God. They may ask: "Is it here on Earth? In our hearts? In our churches?"
Over the past fifteen years, best-selling author Howard Snyder has been helping pastors and church leaders understand kingdom terminology. Now he explains in eights models how the kingdom or reign of God has been and may be conceived.

Introduction.

Mystery of the Kingdom and the use of models.

Model one: the Kingdom as future hope.

Model two: the Kingdom as inner spiritual experience.

Model three: the Kingdom as mystical communion.

Model four: the Kingdom as institutional church.

Model five: the Kingdom as countersystem.

Model six: the Kingdom as political state.

Model seven: the Kingdom as christianized culture.

Model eight: the Kingdom as earthly utopia.

Kingdom models and christian faithfulness.

Gospel of the Kingdom and the global economy.

Building Kingdom communities today.

Notes.

Index.