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Politics and mission : rediscovering the political power of what christians do / Martin Gainsborough and David Hoyle.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gainsborough, Martin, author.
- Hoyle, David, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Politics in the Bible.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (71 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Durham, England : Sacristy Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- The Church is political because it tells a radically different story from the dominant political norms of our day. Through a study of the Church's liturgy, this book seeks to build confidence in the Church's mission that is not dull or out of touch but fresh, relevant, exciting, and contemporary.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- For reflection or discussion
- Further reading
- Political liberalism
- The story of political liberalism
- The essence of political liberalism
- Liturgy revisited
- Some preliminaries
- Remaining alert and expectant in worship
- The political nature of worship
- Morning Prayer
- Baptism
- Signing of the cross
- Baptism with water
- Eucharist
- The liberal story
- The Christian story
- The liturgy of the Eucharist
- Footwashing
- Footwashing-social and liturgical
- John 13-key features and what they reveal
- Power as seen through God's eyes
- To conclude . . .
- Funeral
- Christianity and death
- The funeral liturgy
- What do we believe?
- Conclusion
- The Church and political liberalism
- The Church and mission
- The Church and politics
- Further reading.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781789592726
- 1789592720
- OCLC:
- 1372577381
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