Details

Towards Friendship-Shaped Communities


Towards Friendship-Shaped Communities

A Practical Theology of Friendship
1. Aufl.

von: Anne-Marie Ellithorpe

21,99 €

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 13.04.2022
ISBN/EAN: 9781119756965
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 256

DRM-geschütztes eBook, Sie benötigen z.B. Adobe Digital Editions und eine Adobe ID zum Lesen.

Beschreibungen

<p><b>A unique and incisive exploration of the place and nature of friendship in both its personal and civic dimensions</b></p> <p>In <i>Towards Friendship-Shaped Communities: A Practical Theology of Friendship</i>, distinguished theological researcher Anne-Marie Ellithorpe delivers a constructive and insightful exploration of the place and nature of friendship as innate to being human, to the human vocation, and to life within the broader community. Of particular interest to members and leaders of faith communities, this book responds to contemporary concerns regarding relationality and offers a comprehensive theology of friendship.</p> <p>The author provides an inclusive and interdisciplinary study that brings previous traditions and texts into dialogue with contemporary contexts and concerns, including examples from Indigenous and Euro-Western cultures. Readers will reflect on the theology of friendship and the interrelationship between friendship and community, think critically about their own social and theological imagination, and develop an integrative approach to theological reflection that draws on Don Browning’s <i>Fundamental Practical Theology</i>.</p> <p>Integrating philosophical, anthropological, and theological perspectives on the study of friendship, this book presents:</p> <ul> <li>A thorough introduction to contemporary questions on friendship and discussions of co-existing friendship worlds</li> <li>Comprehensive explorations of friendship in first and second testament writings, as well as friendship within classical and Christian traditions</li> <li>Practical discussions of theology, friendship, and the social imagination, including explorations of mutuality and spirit-shaped friendships</li> <li>Considerations for outworking friendship ideals within communities of practice, from the perspective of strategic (or fully) practical theology</li> </ul> <p>Perfect for graduate and advanced undergraduate students taking courses on friendship or practical theology, <i>Towards Friendship-Shaped Communities: A Practical Theology of Friendship </i>will also earn a place in the libraries of scholars of practical theology and community practitioners, including ministers, priests, pastors, spiritual advisors, and counselors.</p>
<p>Illustrations ix</p> <p>Abbreviations x</p> <p>Acknowledgments xii</p> <p>Introduction 1</p> <p><b>Part I The Current Reality 23</b></p> <p>1 The Place of Friendship 25</p> <p>2 Coexisting Friendship Worlds 47</p> <p><b>Part II A Deep Remembering – Friendship, Community, Resistance 73</b></p> <p>3 Friendship and First Testament Writings 75</p> <p>4 Friendship and Second Testament Writings 94</p> <p>5 Friendship in Classical and Christian Traditions 107</p> <p>Bridge: Shifts in Vision 122</p> <p><b>Part III Theology, Friendship, and the Social Imagination 137</b></p> <p>6 Mutuality: God, Creation and Community 139</p> <p>7 Open Friendship, Becoming Kin, and the Human Vocation 159</p> <p>8 Love, Spirit-Shaped Friendships, and Friendship-Shaped Communities 171</p> <p><b>Part IV Practicing Friendship 195</b></p> <p>9 Friendship and Community: Ideals and Implementation 197</p> <p>Conclusion 213</p> <p>Appendix: A Correlational Approach to Theological Reflection 217</p> <p>Glossary 227</p> <p>Index 230</p>
<p><b>Anne-Marie Ellithorpe</b> is Research Associate at the Vancouver School of Theology. She is co-editor of <i>Visions of the End Times: Revelations of Hope and Challenge</i>, Co-Chair of the AAR seminar unit Religious Reflections on Friendship, and a member of the Society of Christian Ethics, the Society of Biblical Literature, and the International Academy of Practical Theology.</p>
<p>"Rather than seeing friendship as a comforting refuge from society, Anne-Marie Ellithorpe uncovers its power for creating a truly just world in which all can flourish."<br /><b><i>—</i>Paul J. Wadell,</b> Professor Emeritus of Theology and Religious Studies, St. Norbert College</p> <p>"Informed by social-contextual-historical realities, this timely examination of an embodied practice invites readers to consider possibilities that might emerge from mutually just relationships."<br /><b>—Angela D. Sims, </b>President of Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School</p> <p>"A timely and comprehensive call to expansive, tenacious, and Spirit-woven friendship as key to the imago Dei and to repairing the frayed fabric of post-colonial contexts."<br /><b>—Karen Kemp,</b> Dean Tikanga Pâkehâ, St John's College</p> <p><i>Towards Friendship-Shaped Communities: A Practical Theology of Friendship</i> offers readers an insightful and authoritative exploration of the nature of friendship. It acknowledges the formative and transformative potential of both personal and civic dimensions of friendship, and contains analysis relevant to diverse faith communities and groups open to imagining a future shaped by friendship.</p> <p>The book discusses contemporary concerns regarding relationality and introduces a comprehensive theology of friendship, where classic texts and traditions are explored along with more recent treatments of the subject, bringing the old into conversation with the new. This interdisciplinary work presents an integration of philosophical, anthropological, and theological perspectives on the study of friendship. In its four parts—Descriptive, Normative, Systematic, and Strategic—it includes examples from Indigenous cultures alongside Western perspectives. Unique and incisive, this volume is an excellent tool for readers wishing to examine the interrelationship between friendship and community and to reflect critically on their own social and theological imagination.</p> <p><i>Towards Friendship-Shaped Communities</i> is an invaluable resource for advanced undergraduate and graduate students as well as seminary students studying friendship, ethics, or theology. This distinctly original work is also an ideal selection for scholars of practical theology as well as for community faith practitioners, including ministers, priests, pastors, and spiritual advisors.</p>

Diese Produkte könnten Sie auch interessieren:

Comparing Religions
Comparing Religions
von: Jeffrey J. Kripal, Andrea R. Jain, Erin Prophet, Ata Anzali
EPUB ebook
29,99 €
Comparing Religions
Comparing Religions
von: Jeffrey J. Kripal, Andrea R. Jain, Erin Prophet, Ata Anzali
PDF ebook
29,99 €
Asian Religions
Asian Religions
von: Randall L. Nadeau
EPUB ebook
21,99 €