Gods Neighborhood

Author : Scott Roley
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 9780830832248
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book God's Neighborhood written by Scott Roley and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roley was once a rising star in the contemporary Christian music scene, but then he felt called to racial reconciliation and moved to a disadvantaged neighborhood where he embodies the ideals that are needed to forge a just society.

Author : Dawn Arbuckle
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1491837365
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book God's Neighborhood written by Dawn Arbuckle and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-12-12 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Photographs in this book were taken in God's Neighborhood in pure Michigan. This book was written to show appreciation for all the beautiful miracles God has created for us to enjoy. This book was meant to be a learning tool for young children; to aid in literacy development, give reading experiences and allow them to see what some of God's Neighborhood, Michigan looks like.

Author : William Elison
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022649506X
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Neighborhood of Gods written by William Elison and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2018-12-10 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are many holy cities in India, but Mumbai is not usually considered one of them. More popular images of the city capture the world’s collective imagination—as a Bollywood fantasia or a slumland dystopia. Yet for many, if not most, people who live in the city, the neighborhood streets are indeed shared with local gods and guardian spirits. In The Neighborhood of Gods, William Elison examines the link between territory and divinity in India’s most self-consciously modern city. In this densely settled environment, space is scarce, and anxiety about housing is pervasive. Consecrating space—first with impromptu displays and then, eventually, with full-blown temples and official recognition—is one way of staking a claim. But how can a marginalized community make its gods visible, and therefore powerful, in the eyes of others? The Neighborhood of Gods explores this question, bringing an ethnographic lens to a range of visual and spatial practices: from the shrine construction that encroaches on downtown streets, to the “tribal art” practices of an indigenous group facing displacement, to the work of image production at two Bollywood film studios. A pioneering ethnography, this book offers a creative intervention in debates on postcolonial citizenship, urban geography, and visuality in the religions of India.

Author : Walter Brueggemann
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781481306027
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book God, Neighbor, Empire written by Walter Brueggemann and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Justice, mercy, and the public good all find meaning in relationship--a relationship dependent upon fidelity, but endlessly open to the betrayals of infidelity. This paradox defines the story of God and Israel in the Old Testament. Yet the arc of this story reaches ever forward, and its trajectory confers meaning upon human relationships and communities in the present. The Old Testament still speaks. Israel, in the Old Testament, bears witness to a God who initiates and then sustains covenantal relationships. God, in mercy, does so by making promises for a just well-being and prescribing stipulations for the covenant partner's obedience. The nature of the relationship itself decisively depends upon the conduct, practice, and policy of the covenant partner, yet is radically rooted in the character and agency of God--the One who makes promises, initiates covenant, and sustains relationship. This reflexive, asymmetrical relationship, kept alive in the texts and tradition, now fires contemporary imagination. Justice becomes shaped by the practice of neighborliness, mercy reaches beyond a pervasive quid pro quo calculus, and law becomes a dynamic norming of the community. The well-being of the neighborhood, inspired by the biblical texts, makes possible--and even insists upon--an alternative to the ideology of individualism that governs our society's practice and policy. This kind of community life returns us to the arc of God's gifts--mercy, justice, and law. The covenant of God in the witness of biblical faith speaks now and demands that its interpreting community resist individualism, overcome commoditization, and thwart the rule of empire through a life of radical neighbor love.

Author : Alan J. Roxburgh
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1441214593
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Missional (Allelon Missional Series) written by Alan J. Roxburgh and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The burgeoning missional church movement is a sign that believers are increasingly feeling the call to impact their communities, which is a good thing. But, says Alan J. Roxburgh, these conversations still prioritize church success over mission--how can being missional grow my church? But to focus on such questions misses the point. In Missional, Roxburgh calls Christians to reenter their neighborhoods and communities to discover what the Spirit is doing there--to start with God's mission. He then encourages readers to shape their local churches around that mission. With inspiring true stories and a solid biblical base, Missional is a book that will change lives and communities as its message is lived out.

Author : Lance Ford
Publisher : NavPress
ISBN 13 : 1631464981
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Next Door as It Is in Heaven written by Lance Ford and published by NavPress. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There was a time when neighbors knew each other’s names, when small children and the old and infirm alike had more than their families looking out for them. There was a time when our neighborhoods were our closest communities. No more. Neighborhoods have become the place where nobody knows your name. Into this neighborhood crisis the words of Jesus still ring true: Second only to the command to love God is the command to “love your neighbor as yourself.” In Next Door as It Is in Heaven, Lance Ford and Brad Brisco offer first principles and best practices to make our neighborhoods into places where compassion and care are once again part of the culture, where good news is once again more than words, and where the love of God can be once again rooted and established.

Author : Karina Kreminski
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780998917726
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Urban Spirituality written by Karina Kreminski and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-03 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do we have a positive theology of the city so that an urban spirituality can emerge from this place? We have for too long focused on quick fixes, pop up churches, and strategic solutions which have left us malnourished and emaciated, yet bloated from our over-consumption of these unsatisfying approaches. Spiritual formation is something that we need to pay closer attention to today. How do we live this kind of holy life in the city?

Author : Charles Marsh
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830873902
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Welcoming Justice written by Charles Marsh and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2018-11-20 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We have seen progress in recent decades toward Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream of beloved community. But this is not only because of the activism and sacrifice of a generation of civil rights leaders. It happened because God was on the move. Historian and theologian Charles Marsh partners with veteran activist John Perkins to chronicle God's vision for a more equitable and just world. Perkins reflects on his long ministry and identifies key themes and lessons he has learned, and Marsh highlights the legacy of Perkins's work in American society. Together they show how abandoned places are being restored, divisions are being reconciled, and what individuals and communities are doing now to welcome peace and justice. Now updated to reflect on current social realities, this book reveals ongoing lessons for the continuing struggle for a just society. Come, discover your part in the beloved community. There is unfinished work still to do.

Author : Simon Carey Holt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780908284634
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book God Next Door written by Simon Carey Holt and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER AUSTRALIAN CHRISTIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2008. What if God lived next door? Would you recognise him, talk to him at the fence or avoid catching his eye? Simon Carey Holt has uncovered the spiritual possibilities of our urban and suburban neighbourhoods. Simon Carey Holt is Lecturer in Spirituality at Whitley College (University of Melbourne & Melbourne College of Divinity).

Author : Peggy Kendall; Claire Smith; Tim Ke
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1453506713
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Loving God, Loving Neighbor written by Peggy Kendall; Claire Smith; Tim Ke and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In almost every congregation, there is a searching youth who is somehow different from the rest, one who thinks more deeply, asks more questions, and wants to make a difference in the world. This young person may be seen as a loner, an upstart, or someone who does not fi t. Youth workers may not know what to do with these inquisitive youth, and a youth program that meets the congregation’s expectations probably won’t connect with the needs and interests of searching youth. Eventually, searching youth turn into searching adults who continue to “stir things up” and enrich the life of our congregations with their questions, insights, witness, and service. These young people have the capacity and ability to provide signifi cant leadership in our congregations now and in the future. Because of their unique gifts, we are offering this book as a resource for pastors, teachers, and youth leaders who work with them. In this book, faculty members, students, and recent graduates of Saint Paul School of Theology look through the eyes of their academic disciplines and ministry experience to explore the foundations for ministry with searching youth and to offer designs for your ministry.