Jennifer McBride

The Church for the World (eBook, ePUB)

A Theology of Public Witness

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on the work of German pastor-theologian, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Jennifer McBride constructs a new theology of public witness for American Protestant church communities based on the public expression of repentance and redemption.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780190454142
• Artikelnr.: 42727343

Autorenporträt

Jennifer M. McBride is Board of Regents Chair in Ethics and Assistant Professor of Religion at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa. She received her doctorate in philosophical theology from the Religious Studies Department at the University of Virginia and was a Postdoctoral Fellow in Religious Practices and Practical Theology at Emory University's Candler School of Theology. McBride serves on the Board of Directors of the International Bonhoeffer Society, English Language Section and is co-editor of Bonhoeffer and King: Their Legacies and Import for Christian Social Thought.

Inhaltsangabe

* Preface and Acknowledgments
* Part I: Public Witness in a Pluralistic Society
* Chapter One - Introduction: Confession and Repentance as Public
Witness
* Chapter Two - Evaluating Public Witness in the United States
* Part II: A Theology of Public Witness Based on Bonhoeffer's Thought
* Chapter Three - Christ's Public Presence: The Foundation and Form for
Ecclesial Witness
* Chapter Four - Belonging: Participation in the World's Christological
Pattern
* Chapter Five - The Church's Public Presence: Visibility through
Confession and Repentance
* Part III: Contours of a Repenting Church
* Chapter Six - The Eleuthero Community: Confession and Repentance
through Unlearning and Learning Anew
* Chapter Seven: The Southeast White House: A Local Presence in a
Neglected Neighborhood
* Conclusion: Concrete Implications of an Ecclesial Witness Based on
Repentance
* Notes
* Selected Bibliography
* Index