The Holy Thursday revolution / Beatrice Bruteau.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bruteau, Beatrice, 1930-2014.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Maundy Thursday.

Last Supper.

Lord's Supper.

Foot washing (Rite).

Christian sociology.

Physical Description:

xiv, 338 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, [2005]

Summary:

In a time of increasing anxiety, the author of Radical Optimism breaks new ground as she explores the two teaching events of Holy Thursday: the Footwashing and Holy Communion. The Holy Thursday Revolution shows how this new paradigm-a movement from Lord to friend-can dramatically alter our personal and social relations, our economic and political practices.

Drawing from a wide range of disciplines Bruteau presents a unifying vision of a world that must move from economic and military domination to one of equality and sharing. She dares to offer hope for the future based on a revolution begun two thousand years ago with the spiritual power to make all things new.

Contents:

Part I Domination as Worldview

1 The Ills of the World: The Politics of Domination 3

Politics Rests on Perception 5

Definition of "Domination" 7

Calling to Mind Our Sins: War 9

Tyranny, Oppression, and Slavery 10

Economic and Ecological Domination 14

Social Classes and Work 17

Ethnic, Gender, and Family Domination 20

2 Our Basic Insecurity: The Psychology of Domination 23

Mastery by Destructive Power 24

Deference Ranks 26

Domination and Submission 30

Scarcity and Fear 35

3 How We Identify Ourselves: The Metaphysics and Logic 39

Success and Failure 39

Alienation: Why We Can't Love "Others" 41

We Learn to See the World of Hurting 43

Separated Selves 45

The Logic of Mutual Negation 47

Revolution 49

Story I: The Jesus Ministry and Holy Thursday 51

The Baptismal Vision 51

Meditation and Reflection for Paradigm Shift 53

Jesus' Social Program of Boundary-Breaking 55

The Two Showings of Holy Thursday 58

The Suppers Inaugurate the Kingdom 60

The Multilevel Revolutionary Supper 63

Revolution and Torah 65

Part II Person as the Basis for the New Paradigm

4 Person and Perichoresis: A New Metaphysics 69

Jesus Offers Unconditional Positive Regard 69

A New Selfhood: The Person 71

The Nicodemus Story 72

Eros and Agape: The New Logic 74

You Have to Do It Yourself 76

Perichoresis: The Metaphysics of the Trinity 78

Creation Metaphysics 81

5 Living inside God: The Psychology of Love 85

One Great Living Body 86

Altruism in Our Genes 89

Life in the Messianic Body 92

The Communion of Friendship 95

Saints and Mystics 97

Togetherness in Creation 101

6 "In the Days of the Messiah": Friendship, Communion, Politics 102

The Messiah Phase Transition 103

Morality and Technology: The Enhancement of Being 104

The World as the "Great Work" 108

Everyone Unbound, Active, and Sharing 110

Getting More from Less 112

A Major Shift from Domination 115

Part III Human Nature

7 "You Can't Change Human Nature!" 123

Domination Is Natural 123

Human Nature Is an Animal Nature 125

Power Differentials Are Cosmic Forces 129

The Sociobiological Argument 131

Social Status Values Can't Be Uprooted 134

Don't Change It-We Like It! 137

8 It's the Nature of Nature to Change 140

The Need for Change 140

Changes Are Already Appearing 142

Changing Views of Human Nature 144

Human Nature Is Made for Changing 146

The Natural Goodness of Human Nature and the Evolution of Cooperation 150

Learning to Change: Redefining Success and Well-being 155

9 Memes, Mysticism, and Phase Transitions 161

Changing the Whole System 161

The Methods of Memes 164

Mysticism without Mist 169

The Noncontingent, Secure Self 173

The Fiat and the Phases 177

Story II: The Revelation at Sinai: A Phase Transition 182

The Many-Leveled Torah/Teaching 182

A Universal Revelation 186

The Turning Point and the Supernatural Life 188

The Proclamation of Liberation 189

The World Filled with Holiness 191

Part IV The Covenant Community

10 Jesus and the Covenant Community 197

The Historical Jesus 198

The Social Situation in the Late Second Temple Period 200

John the Baptist Announces the Kingdom of God 203

Jesus Implements the Torah 205

The Kingdom of God 206

The Jesus Program 210

The Covenant Community 213

11 Implementing the Friendship Covenant Community 219

The Reality Ethic 221

Religious Politics 222

The Covenant with Earth 228

Economic Welfare in a Global Age 230

A Properly Human Life 234

Education and the Cultures to Come 236

Art, Sport, and Playfulness 239

Technology and Morality 241

Those outside the Covenant 244

12 Partners with God in Creation 248

Sitting under One's Own Fig Tree: The Nathanael Story 249

Human Nature: Creativity and Generosity 254

Faith, Hope, and Imagination 258.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-327) and indexes.

ISBN:

1570755760

OCLC:

56421992