The Calling of the church in times of polarization / edited by Heleen Zorgdrager and Pieter Vos.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zorgdrager, Heleen, 1959- editor.

Vos, Pieter, 1970- editor.

E.J. Brill (Firm)

Series:

Studies in Reformed theology ; v. 46.

Studies in reformed theology ; volume 46

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Polarity--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Polarity.

Religious pluralism--Christianity.

Religious pluralism.

Cultural pluralism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 400 pages) : color illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023]

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Notes on Contributors

Introduction

1 Polarization: Us-Them Thinking

2 Theology and Polarization

3 Polarization in Church and Society

4 Polarization and the Reformed Tradition

5 The Calling of the Church

Part 1 Polarization in Church and Society

1 Can Conviviality Trump Polarization?

1 Introduction

2 Deep Cleavages

3 The South African Scenario

4 Why the Notion of Conviviality?

5 Engaging Conviviality in Times of Polarization

5.1 Conviviality as Challenge to Boundary Making

5.2 Conviviality as Invitation to Reciprocity and Power Sharing

5.3 Conviviality as Life Together

6 Conclusion

2 Re-forming the Conversation as a Response to Polarization

1.1 Bart Brandsma's Theory of Polarization

1.2 Brandsma's Theory and the Calling of the Church in Times of Polarization

1.3 Re-forming the Conversation: A Palaver Hut Model

2 The Case Study: The Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel

2.1 Introduction

2.2 The History and Formation of the Document

2.3 Structure

2.4 Content

2.5 (Divided) Reception from among MacArthur's Supporters

3 Re-forming the Conversation: Responding to the Statement with Views from Social Justice's (Reformed) Evangelical Proponents

3.1 Rasool Berry

3.2 Rachel Held Evans

3.3 Emily Swan

4 Evaluation: Imagining Re-forming the Conversation as a Calling for the Church in Times of Polarization

4.1 Tcheni pa Kalanka

5 Conclusion

3 Retrieving the Concept of Unio Mystica cum Christo and Applying

2 Sexuality in a Pluralistic Postmodern Culture

3 Paul's Application of Identity in Christ

4 Retrieving Paul's Identity in Christ in the Postmodern Context

4.1 Understanding Scripture as 'Viva Vox'

4.2 Understanding Our Identity in Christ

4.3 Understanding Our Sexual Identity

4 Theological Assessment of the Gender and Sexuality Debate

2 The Case of the Nashville Statement

3 The Global Neo-conservative Campaign for 'Traditional Family Values'

4 The Campaign for 'Traditional Family Values' in the Netherlands

5 Union with Christ: Moving beyond Identity Politics?

6 Notions for a Theology of Sexuality beyond Identity Politics

6.1 Gesturing towards a Sacramental Character

6.2 Attending to the Broken Middle

7 Conclusion

5 Passivity, Abuse, and Self-Sacrifice: Daoism and Feminist Christology

2 Feminism in Daoism

3 Feminism and Christ's Sacrifice

4 Abuse and Necessity

5 Self-Sacrifice and Violence

6 Revision of Atonement Theology

6 "Remove the Sandals from Your Feet": Holiness in the Dutch Euthanasia Debate

2 Why Holiness?

3 The Secularization of Holiness

4 Holiness in the Bible

5 Holiness of the Divine

6 Holiness of the People

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Electronic reproduction. Leiden, Netherlands Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 12, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Calling of the church in times of polarization

ISBN:

9789004527652

9004527656

Publisher Number:

40031515346

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.