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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:
- 1 online resource (266 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The primary aim of this book is to explore the contradiction between widely shared beliefs in the USA about racial inclusiveness and equal opportunity for all and the fact that most churches are racially homogeneous and do not include people with disabilities. To address the problem Mary McClintock Fulkerson explores the practices of an interracial church (United Methodist) that includes people with disabilities. The analysis focuses on those activities which create opportunitiesfor people to experience those who are `different' as equal in ways that diminish both obliviousness to the other an
- Contents:
- Theology from a place
- The practices that make place
- What kind of place?
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786611155049
- 9780191615498
- 0191615498
- 9780199591503
- 0199591504
- 9781435622982
- 1435622987
- 9781281155047
- 1281155047
- 9780191537905
- 019153790X
- OCLC:
- 191671600
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb30685 hdl
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