Wells A Nazareth Manifesto

Being with God
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-118-78517-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 336 Seiten, E-Book

A Nazareth Manifesto is an eloquent and impassionedecumenical proposal for re-envisioning Christianity'sapproach to social engagement away from working "for"the people to being "with" them.
* Questions the effectiveness of the current trend ofintervention as a means of fixing the problems of people indistressed and disadvantaged circumstances
* Argues that Jesus spent 90% of his life simply being among thepeople of Nazareth, sharing their hopes and struggles, thereforeChristians should place a similar emphasis on being alongsidepeople in need rather than hastening to impose solutions
* Written by a respected priest and broadcaster and renownedChristian ethicist and preacher
* Supported by historical, contemporary, exegetical and anecdotalillustrations

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wells, Samuel

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Prologue: The Most Important Word 1
Introduction: God Is With Us 7
1 Being With 11
2 A Nazareth Manifesto 20
Part I: Realignment 33
3 Reassessing the Human Predicament 35
4 Reconceiving the Divine Purpose 50
Part II: God is With Us 65
5 The Story of Jesus 67
6 The Stories of Jesus 86
7 Embodying the Story of Jesus 100
Part III: Being With 123
8 God Being With God 125
9 God Being With Us 147
10 Being With One Another in Nazareth 169
11 Being With One Another in Galilee 187
12 Being With One Another in Jerusalem 202
Part IV: Explorations 229
13 Th eological Ramifications 231
14 Social Embodiments 248
Part V: Implications 269
15 The Transcendence of Justice 271
16 The Transfiguration of Suffering 283
Epilogue: Magnificat 298
Acknowledgments 304
Afterword 305
Scriptural Index 311
Subject Index 314

Über Autor(innen)

Samuel Wells is the vicar of St. Martin-in-the-Fields and Visiting Professor of Christian ethics at King's College, London. He is a former Dean of Duke University Chapel in North Carolina, USA, and has published more than 20 books, including Living Without Enemies: Being Present in the Midst of Violence (2012), Be Not
Afraid: Facing Fear with Faith (2011), and Introducing Christian Ethics (with Ben Quash, Wiley-Blackwell, 2010).