Public Theology as "Bridge Building"

This exchange between ethicist Peter Gathje and one of the guests of Manna House of Hospitality (Memphis, Tennessee) points to the task of the public theologian. Gathje serves at Manna House, sharing meals and prayers with its guests. Through his blog Radical Hospitality he echoes and responds to th...

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Autres titres:Theological Roundtable Theology in the Public Sphere in the Twenty-First Century
Auteur principal: Dávila, María Teresa (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Cambridge Univ. Press [2016]
Dans: Horizons
Année: 2016, Volume: 43, Numéro: 2, Pages: 367-373
Classifications IxTheo:CH Christianisme et société
FA Théologie
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Résumé:This exchange between ethicist Peter Gathje and one of the guests of Manna House of Hospitality (Memphis, Tennessee) points to the task of the public theologian. Gathje serves at Manna House, sharing meals and prayers with its guests. Through his blog Radical Hospitality he echoes and responds to the theology of the people he serves, and their deep questions about justice in our world. In this dialogical movement he enters the locations where he serves meals and prays with his "public," who in turn ask for a justice that seems all too elusive from their vantage point. His "public," the guests and others who pass through Manna House, are sources for theological imagination and critical questioning, shaping the way Gathje organizes his vision of the Christian story and the liberating truth it seeks to relate to the world.
ISSN:2050-8557
Contient:Enthalten in: Horizons
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/hor.2016.113