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This book draws from Bloomquist's many years and formative experiences as a pastor, theologian, activist, seminary professor, and speaker in a number of settings--both within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and ecumenically and globally. Drawing insights from many sources, Seeing-Remembering-Connecting proposes a new "church in society" framework, so that faith communities can engage and transform the urgent systemic injustices confronting us today.
This new framework, seeing-remembering-connecting, evokes ordinary practices that can engage those from diverse faith traditions and from no faith tradition, and points to the heart of what churches have long been about: God is becoming manifest in and through what these verbs imply--as transcendently immanent. Seeing-remembering-connecting is nurtured over the long term in faith communities, as they put together what is fragmentary or forgotten, point to what is true, and empower communities to see, remember, and act in organized actions with others--across boundaries of religion, geography, and self-interest.
About the author
Karen L. Bloomquist, ordained in 1974, has degrees from PLTS (Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary) and a PhD from Union in New York City. She has been a parish pastor in California, New York, and Washington, and has taught at seminaries in Chicago, Dubuque, and around the world. She has directed theological units in the ELCA and LWF (Lutheran World Federation), and has written and edited many articles and books, such as Seeing-Remembering-Connecting (Cascade, 2016).
