Places of redemption : theology for a worldly church / Mary McClintock Fulkerson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fulkerson, Mary McClintock, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mission of the church.

Church work.

Physical Description:

257 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Summary:

The primary aim of Places of Redemption is to explore the contradiction between widely shared beliefs in the USA about inclusiveness and equal opportunity for all and the fact that most churches are racially homogeneous and do not include people with profound disabilities. To address the problem Mary McClintock Fulkerson explores the practices of an interracial church (United Methodist) that includes people with such disabilities. Her analysis focuses on those activities which create opportunities for people to experience those who are 'different' as equal in ways that diminish both obliviousness to the other and fear of the other. In contrast with theology's typical focus on the beliefs of Christians, this project offers a theory of practices and place that foregrounds the instinctual reactions and communications that shape all groups. The effect is to broaden the academic field of theology through the benefits of ethnographic research and postmodern place theory.

Contents:

Theology from a place

The practices that make place

What kind of place?

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780199296477

0199296472

OCLC:

84903210