Janel Kragt Bakker

Sister Churches (eBook, PDF)

American Congregations and Their Partners Abroad

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The growth of Christianity in the global South and the fall of colonialism in the middle of the twentieth century caused a crisis in Christian mission, as many southern Christians spoke out about indignities they had suffered and many northern Christians retreated from the global South. American Christians soon began looking for a fresh start, a path forward that was neither isolationist nor domineering. Out of this dream the ''sister church'' model of mission was born. Rather than western churches sending representatives into the ''mission field,'' they established congregation-to-congregation partnerships with churches in the global South. Janel Kragt Bakker draws on extensive fieldwork and interviews with participants in these partnerships to explore the sister church movement and in particular its effects on American churches. Because Christianity is numerically and in many ways spiritually stronger in the global South than it is in the global North--while the imbalance in material resources runs in the opposite direction--both northern and southern Christians stand to gain. Challenging prevailing notions of friction between northern and southern Christians, Bakker argues that sister church relationships are marked by interconnectivity and collaboration.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780199328222
• Artikelnr.: 39947791

Autorenporträt

Janel Kragt Bakker is Associate Director of the Collegeville Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research in the Saint John's University community of Collegeville, Minnesota. She earned a doctorate in religion and culture at the Catholic University of America.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction: Side by Side, Shoulder to Shoulder
* Chapter 1: Christendom Turned Upside-Down: The Global Context of
Sister Church Partnerships
* Chapter 2: Beginnings: The History and Development of the Sister
Church Model Among North American Christians
* Chapter 3: Tales of Twelve Sister Church Relationships
* Chapter 4: Profiles: Congregations and Individual Participants in
Sister Church Relationships
* Chapter 5: Frames: The Sentiments That Propel Sister Church
Relationships
* Chapter 6: Outcomes: The Effects of Sister Church Relationships on
Individuals and Congregations
* Chapter 7: Challenges: The Hurdles for Sister Church Relationships
* Chapter 8: Opportunities: The Sources of Strength for Sister Church
Relationships
* Conclusion: The Confluence of Civilizations
* Appendix: Congregation-Level Respondent Information
* Notes
* Bibliography
* Index