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An important work highlighting the theological foundation of social action.
List of contents
ForewordIntroductionChapter 1: The Indissoluble Bond
Chapter 2: The Mystery of the New People
Chapter 3: The Way of Covenant
Chapter 4: The Way of Turning
Chapter 5: The Way That Turns the World Upside Down
Chapter 6: The Way of Dignity: A Way of Good News
Chapter 7: The Way of Dignity: A Way of Reconciliation
Chapter 8: The Way of Wisdom
Chapter 9: The Way of Belonging
Chapter 10: The Way of Communion
Chapter 11: The Way of Peace
Chapter 12: The Way of New Life
Chapter 13: The Mystery of the New People
Chapter 14: The Indissoluble Bond
Study GuideAcknowledgementsNotesSelected BibliographyAbout the Author
About the author
MICHAEL HOPKINS is a priest of the Episcopal Diocese of Rochester. Ordained in 1990, he served parishes in Washington, DC, Glenn Dale, Maryland, and Rochester, New York. From 1998 to 2003, he was President of Integrity USA, the principal advocacy and fellowship group for LGBTQ+ Episcopalians and their supporters. He is a longstanding member of the Episcopal Peace Fellowship, and a member of Associated Parishes for Liturgy and Mission. His academic work includes three years of study in systematic theology and liturgics at the Catholic University of America and the reception of an MFA in Creative Writing from Seattle Pacific University. He lives in Hornell, New York.
Summary
An important work highlighting the theological foundation of social action.
Christ himself lived in a time of immense social and political turmoil, as did his early followers. But can those early struggles provide guidance for God’s faithful in today's divided world? Episcopal priest and peace advocate Michael W. Hopkins proves that they can, tracing the origins of Christian responsibility all the way back to the indissoluble bond of baptism, drawing a clear line between those fraught early days and the turbulent present that Jesus commands Christians to engage in.
Called to Act peels back the historical and scriptural underpinnings of Christianity to exhume the social obligations inherited by all members of the kingdom of God. Through interpretation of Jesus’ words, works, and sacraments, modern day Christians can begin to reframe their fundamental outlook on and participation in the world, working as one to build communities of mutual care. Rather than allow differences of opinion or misguided attempts at neutrality to divorce Christians from the necessary work of political and community engagement, Hopkins provides compelling scriptural evidence for a new kingdom, united not by what has been left undone, but by what Christians are called to do for each other.
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