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These essays reflect on the future of Christian theology in light
of the contributions Jurgen Moltmann has made in his prolific
career as one of the world's foremost theologians. They are not a
prediction of what is coming in the future of theology, since God's
own actions, and human history, for that matter, are not
predictable. Expressed here is hope for what future theology should
take seriously from Moltmann's work. Moltmann broke the mold of
19th and 20th century theology by focusing consistently on God's
promises of a new heaven and a new earth. The result was a
theological imagination that is utterly realistic, delighting in
the creative tension of theology that lives in an unfinished, open
field of negations and possibilities. Hope for the promised future
of God casts its light on present sufferings that contradict that
future. The prominent themes here focus on the contradictions of
God's promises and God's justice. The essays see clearly the human
domination that leads to the oppression of nature, the hatred of
the poor, the dominance of one gender over the other, the migration
of those who find no home in their homeland, and the wounds of
neocolonialism. For Moltmann, these sufferings do not belong simply
to ethics but to the heart of theology. The doctrines of creation,
redemption, and new creation are fully engaged in the political,
economic, ecological, and social problems of this time. Here lies
the way ecumenism will be reborn in the future. The essays argue
that theology should not turn aside from Moltmann's main theme of
the resurrection of the Crucified One and of the presence of God's
future in the present. Hope opens our eyes to the work of God's
Spirit of Life and the affirmation of eternal life in the present.
The future of Christian theology should not miss the theme of joy
in the face of sin, death, and evil and the celebration of God's
cosmic, all-inclusive future in which God will be at home in God's
creation.
The control and utilization of urban spaces remains a highly
contested issue. Much of the debate centers on issues of economic
development versus the maintenance and support of already existing
communities. As a number of urban areas are in the throes of
gentrification and economic development projects, there is a dearth
of information on not only the use of private power in this
process, but also the response of the community members. This
anthology responds to a growing concern about urban and community
development, and the role of corporate power. These essays focus on
key themes of land ownership and management, community resistance
against corporate agendas, and public discourse over these issues.
These themes are presented and developed within an
interdisciplinary framework which includes information and
commentary about history, contemporary politics, economic
development, and ideology. Most of the chapters include case
studies that provide concrete examples of contemporary developments
in urban areas, and each chapter includes discussion questions and
a list of key words and terms to help guide the reader.
"This collection of 17 essays examines poverty and its causes from
a variety of angles. The common thread is a concern for the
structural causes of poverty; the book therefore offers a welcome
alternative to the dominant ideological views that portray poverty
as a result of individuals' decisions, attributes and/or moral
failings...The authors show the connections between capitalism,
slavery and the development of state policies and ideologies that
maintained the oppressed and exploited status of African Americans
after the Civil War and constituted the basis for the emergence of
white identity and privilege to the detriment of working class
identities based on a recognition of the common plight of workers,
regardless of skin color...this is an outstanding collection,
useful for courses in social stratification, the sociology of work,
and race and ethnic relations."
"--Science and Society"
Since the end of the Second World War, poverty in the United
States has been a persistent focus of social anxiety, public
debate, and federal policy. This volume argues convincingly that we
will not be able to reduce or eliminate poverty until we take the
political factors that contribute to its continuation into
account.
Ideal for course use, A New Introduction to Poverty opens with a
historical overview of the major intellectual and political debates
surrounding poverty in the United States. Several factors have
received inadequate attention: the impact of poverty on women; the
synergy of racism and poverty; race and gender stratification of
the workplace; and, crucially, the ways in which the powerful use
their resources to maintain the economic status quo.
Contributors include MimiAbramovitz, Peter Alcock, Bonnie
Thornton Dill, Raymond Franklin, Herman George Jr., Michael B.
Katz, Marlene Kim, Rebecca Morales, Sandra Patton, Valerie Polakow,
Jackie Pope, Jill Quadagno, David C. Ranney, Barbara Ransby, Bette
Woody, and Maxine Baca Zinn.
Yes, White people can be saved. In God's redemptive plan, that goes
without saying. But what about the reality of white normativity?
This idea and way of being in the world has been parasitically
joined to Christianity, and this is the ground of many of our
problems today. It is time to redouble the efforts of the church
and its institutions to muster well-informed, gospel-based
initiatives to fight racialized injustice and overcome the heresy
of whiteness. Written by a world-class roster of scholars, Can
"White" People Be Saved? develops language to describe the current
realities of race and racism. It challenges evangelical
Christianity in particular to think more critically and
constructively about race, ethnicity, migration, and mission in
relation to white supremacy. Historical and contemporary
perspectives from Africa and the African diaspora prompt fresh
theological and missiological questions about place and identity.
Native American and Latinx experiences of colonialism, migration,
and hybridity inspire theologies and practices of shalom. And Asian
and Asian American experiences of ethnicity and class generate
transnational resources for responding to the challenge of systemic
injustice. With their call for practical resistance to the Western
whiteness project, the perspectives in this volume can revitalize a
vision of racial justice and peace in the body of Christ.
Missiological Engagements charts interdisciplinary and innovative
trajectories in the history, theology, and practice of Christian
mission, featuring contributions by leading thinkers from both the
Euro-American West and the majority world whose missiological
scholarship bridges church, academy, and society.
Through its shocking incongruities and transgressive forms, the
grotesque offers an intriguing lens for exploring the scandal of
the gospel and the challenges of Christian preaching. Drawing on
diverse sources-from Swedish crime fiction and contemporary poetry
to James Cone, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Pussy Riot-this book will
examine the theological, homiletical, and social implications of a
grotesque gospel for contemporary preachers. The book focuses on
three aspects of preaching and the grotesque: (1) the ways in which
a grotesque gospel unsettles the preacher and challenges the "false
patterns" that often shape Christian preaching; (2) the importance
and challenges of resisting the weaponized grotesque, which
dehumanizes people and furthers the power of dominant groups; (3)
the incarnate Word as the carnivalesque, grotesque body of Jesus,
which calls the church to become the porous and inclusive body of
Christ. The Scandal of the Gospel is the written adaptation of Yale
Divinity School's Beecher Lectures, given by Charles Campbell in
2018. The last chapter, "Preaching and the Environmental
Grotesque," is a new addition.
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A ground-breaking account of the potential and failures of
Christianity since the colonialist period-winner of the 2015
Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Religion and of an American Academy
of Religion Award for Excellence "Detailing the nooks and crannies
of white supremacist Christianity, The Christian Imagination allows
not only for greater sophistication when considering race and
theology. It also points to possible cures to the disease so
elegantly diagnosed."-Edward J. Blum, Journal of Religion "[A]
theological masterpiece."--Chris Smith, Englewood Review of Books
Why has Christianity, a religion premised upon neighborly love,
failed in its attempts to heal social divisions? In this ambitious
and wide-ranging work, Willie James Jennings delves deep into the
late medieval soil in which the modern Christian imagination grew,
to reveal how Christianity's highly refined process of
socialization has inadvertently created and maintained segregated
societies. A probing study of the cultural fragmentation-social,
spatial, and racial-that took root in the Western mind, this book
shows how Christianity has consistently forged Christian nations
rather than encouraging genuine communion between disparate groups
and individuals. Weaving together the stories of Zurara, the royal
chronicler of Prince Henry, the Jesuit theologian Jose de Acosta,
the famed Anglican Bishop John William Colenso, and the former
slave writer Olaudah Equiano, Jennings narrates a tale of loss,
forgetfulness, and missed opportunities for the transformation of
Christian communities. Touching on issues of slavery, geography,
Native American history, Jewish-Christian relations, literacy, and
translation, he brilliantly exposes how the loss of land and the
supersessionist ideas behind the Christian missionary movement are
both deeply implicated in the invention of race. Using his bold,
creative, and courageous critique to imagine a truly cosmopolitan
citizenship that transcends geopolitical, nationalist, ethnic, and
racial boundaries, Jennings charts, with great vision, new ways of
imagining ourselves, our communities, and the landscapes we
inhabit.
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