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"The way of the pilgrim begins with what we leave behind--not so
much a journey to a holy place, but a holy practice of leaving the
comforts of the familiar for a radical vulnerability, letting the
very breath of God direct us on the unknown, stripped-down path of
trust. In Without Oars, Wesley Granberg-Michaelson blends history,
storytelling, biblical insights, personal reflections, and
spiritual formation in an inviting call to discover pilgrimage as a
way of life. This book offers a unique perspective on the faith
journey as an embodied practice of heading into the unknown and
unknowable--with all the excitement, risk, and rewards that come
with letting go. "
In the last century, amazingly, world Christianity's center of
gravity has effectively moved from Europe to a point near Timbuktu
in Africa. Never in the history of Christianity has there been such
a rapid and dramatic shift in where Christians are located in the
world.Wesley Granberg-Michaelson explores the consequences of this
shift for congregations in North America, specifically for the
efforts to build Christian unity in the face of new and challenging
divisions. Centers of religious power, money, and theological
capital remain entrenched in the global, secularized North while
the Christian majority thrives and rapidly grows in the global
South. World Christianity's most decisive twenty-first-century
challenge, Granberg-Michaelson argues, is to build meaningful
bridges between faithful churches in the global North and the
spiritually exuberant churches of the global South.
Grapples conscientiously with biblical texts at the heart of the
church's debate over same-sex relationships This thought-provoking
book by James Brownson develops a broad, cross-cultural sexual
ethic from Scripture, locates current debates over homosexuality in
that wider context, and explores why the Bible speaks the way it
does about same-sex relationships. Fairly presenting both sides in
this polarized debate -- -traditional- and -revisionist- --
Brownson conscientiously analyzes all of the pertinent biblical
texts and helpfully identifies -stuck points- in the ongoing
debate. In the process, he explores key concepts that inform our
understanding of the biblical texts, including patriarchy,
complementarity, purity and impurity, honor and shame. Central to
his argument is the need to uncover the moral logic behind the
text. Written in order to serve and inform the ongoing debate in
many denominations over the questions of homosexuality, Brownson's
in-depth study will prove a useful resource for Christians who want
to form a considered opinion on this important issue.
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