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William Stringfellow : essential writings / selected with an introduction by Bill Wylie-Kellermann ; with a homiletic afterword by Daniel Berrigan, S.J.
Van Pelt Library BX4827.S84 A25 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stringfellow, William.
- Series:
- Modern spiritual masters series
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 234 pages ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Maryknoll : Orbis Books, [2013]
- Summary:
- William Stringfellow (1928-1985), a radical lay theologian and social critic, was a lifelong gadfly in the Episcopal church. His great theme was the Constantinian compromise, the accommodation of Christianity to the values of the empire and the preservation of the status quo. "My concern," he wrote, "is to understand America biblically," -in contrast to the more common tendency, to understand the Bible "Americanly." Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 The Essentials of a Biblical Theology 39
- Word 39
- Living Biblically 39
- Listen to the Bible: A Primitive Act of Love 41
- Paradox, Not Syllogism 43
- Imperial Hermeneutics or De-mythologizing the Nation 44
- Marx and the Bible 47
- Jesus 50
- As Born and Coming Again 50
- As Tempted 53
- As Healer 57
- As Notorious Threat 58
- As Criminal 60
- As Crucified in the Freedom of Resurrection 68
- As Descended to Hell 75
- As Lord 77
- Spirit 79
- Encountering the Spirit 79
- Pentecost, Baptism, and Spirit 81
- Sacrament and Sacramental Ethics 84
- Baptism 84
- Outline for a Book 86
- Eucharistic Liturgy 86
- Marriage as Ordinary Sacrament 89
- Sex and Reconciliation 91
- Exorcism and Sacramental Renewal 92
- Sacramental Recourse to Scripture 94
- Mammon Sacramented 96
- Street Sacramentals 100
- A Sacramental Ethic 102
- Church 106
- As Confessional Practice: Resignation 106
- As Body of Christ 117
- As Community 120
- As Event 122
- As Movement I 125
- As Movement II 128
- As Principality 130
- As Holy Nation 133
- As Confessional Practice: A New Barmen? 136
- 2 In an Age of Empire and Death 144
- Babylon as Parable 144
- Technocratic Totalitarianism 146
- Death as Social Purpose 150
- Christ and the Powers of Death 152
- What Are Principalities? 155
- Principalities as Institutions 156
- The Meaning of the Demonic 157
- Demonic Tactics and the Prevalence of Babel 159
- The Denial of Truth 160
- Doublespeak and Overtalk 161
- Secrecy and Boasts of Expertise 162
- Surveillance and Harassment 163
- Exaggeration and Deception 163
- Cursing and Conjuring 164
- Diversion and Demoralization 165
- The Violence of Babel 165
- A Cheerful Note on the Feast of Stephen 166
- 3 Live Humanly 168
- Living in the Midst 168
- Freedom in Place-Ghetto 169
- Freedom in Place-Island 171
- Dreaming the Nightmare 176
- Caring Enough to Weep 177
- Betraying One's Race 180
- Discerning Signs 183
- Dying in Truth: The Immolations 186
- Deciding Vocationally 190
- Inspiring Ethics: Conscience 193
- Praying Identity 196
- Living Holy, Living Wholly 201
- Sojourning with the Eschatological Circus 207.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781626980495
- 1626980497
- OCLC:
- 828892566
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