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Acts of the Apostles (Hardcover)
Linda M. Maloney, Ivoni Richter Reimer; Afterword by Willie James Jennings; Edited by Barbara E Reid; Volume editing by Mary Ann Beavis
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The Acts of the Apostles, the earliest work of its kind to have
survived from Christian antiquity, is not "history" in the modern
sense, nor is it about what we call "the church." Written at least
half a century after the time it describes, it is a portrait of the
Movement of Jesus' followers as it developed between 30 and 70 CE.
More important, it is a depiction of the Movement of what Jesus
wanted: the inbreaking of the reign of God. In this commentary,
Linda Maloney, Ivoni Richter Reimer, and a host of other
contributing voices look at what the text does and does not say
about the roles of the original members of the Movement in bringing
it toward fruition, with a special focus on those marginalized by
society, many of them women. The author of Acts wrote for followers
of Jesus in the second century and beyond, contending against those
who wanted to break from the community of Israel and offering hope
against hope, like Israel's prophets before him.
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.
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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Acts (TCB) (Hardcover)
Willie James Jennings
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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.
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.
16th Annual Outreach Magazine Resource of the Year - Culture We
live in conflicted times. Our newsfeeds are filled with inequality,
division, and fear. We want to make a difference and see justice
restored because Jesus calls us to be a peacemaking and reconciling
people. But how do we do this? Based on their work with diverse
churches, colleges, and other organizations, Grace Ji-Sun Kim and
Graham Hill offer Christian practices that can bring healing and
hope to a broken world. They provide ten ways to transform society,
from lament and repentance to relinquishing power, reinforcing
agency, and more. Embodying these practices enables us to be the
new humanity in Jesus Christ, so the church and world can
experience reconciliation, justice, unity, peace, and love. With
small group activities, discussion questions, and exercises in each
chapter, this book is ideal to read together in community. Discover
here how to bring real change to a dehumanized world.
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