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Informationen zum Autor Edited by Christine Helmer - Contributions by Amy Carr; Christine Helmer; Jan-Olav Henriksen; Allen G. Jorgenson; Paul R. Hinlicky; Craig L. Nessan; Cheryl M. Peterson; Timothy L. Seals; Gordon J. Straw and Man Hei Yip Klappentext In this book, leading American Lutheran theologians, inspired by the Scandinavian emphasis on theology as embodied practice, ask how Christian communities might be mobilized for resistance against systemic injustices. They argue that the challenges we confront today as citizens of the United States, as a species in relation to all the other species on the planet, and as members of the body of Christ require an imaginative reconceptualization of the inherited tradition. The driving force of each chapter is the commitment to truth-telling in naming the church's complicity with social and political evils, and to reorienting the church to the truth of grace that Christianity was created to communicate. Contributors ask how ecclesial resources may be generatively repurposed for the church in the world today, for church-building grounded in Christ and for empowering the church's witness for justice. The authors take up the theme of resistance in both theoretical and pragmatic terms, on the one hand, rethinking doctrine, on the other, reconceiving lived religion and pastoral care, in light of the necessary urgencies of the time, and bearing witness to the God whose truth includes both justice and hope. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1. Ecclesial Practices of Resistance Christine Helmer Chapter 2. Taking Responsibility for Truth: Ecclesial Practices in an Age of Hypocrisy Jan-Olav Henriksen Chapter 3. Embodying Truth in Ecclesial Practices Allen G. Jorgenson Chapter 4. Telling the Truth about Doctrine: Justification and Justice Christine Helmer Chapter 5. Complicity and the Christological Path of Ecclesial Resistance: Summons to a New Catechesis for a Time of Despair Paul R. Hinlicky Chapter 6. Lutheran Ecclesiologies of Resistance: Starting with the Spirit Cheryl M. Peterson Chapter 7. Resisting Tyranny and Polarization: An Ecclesiology of Word and Sacrament from the Midwestern Heartland Amy Carr Chapter 8.Creation Piety and Spiritual Formation Gordon J. Straw Chapter 9. Remembering the Immigrant Experience: The Body of Christ as a Borderless Space to Embrace Our Shared Humanity in the Face of Rising Xenophobia Man Hei Yip Chapter 10. Practicing Jesus Christ in Public, Embodying Resistance Craig L. Nessan Chapter 11. Seelsorge for Those Who Resist Timothy L. Seals ...
