Author : Amos Yong
Publisher : Faith Meets Faith
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,47 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781570757723
In this book, Yong shows what happens when the revolutionary practices of Jesus and the early church are applied to Christian relations with people of other faiths. He shows that the religious 'other' is not a mere object for conversion, but a neighbour to whom hospitality must be extended.
Author : Chistine D. Pohl
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 23,15 MB
Release : 1999-08-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802844316
For most of church history, hospitality was central to Christian identity. Yet our generation knows little about this rich, life-giving practice.
Author : Rosaria Butterfield
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 15,89 MB
Release : 2018-04-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1433557894
What did God use to draw a radical, committed unbeliever to himself? Did God take her to an evangelistic rally? Or, since she had her doctorate in literature, did he use something in print? No, God used an invitation to dinner in a modest home, from a humble couple who lived out the gospel daily, simply, and authentically. With this story of her conversion as a backdrop, Rosaria Butterfield invites us into her home to show us how God can use this same "radical, ordinary hospitality" to bring the gospel to our lost friends and neighbors. Such hospitality sees our homes as not our own, but as God's tools for the furtherance of his kingdom as we welcome those who look, think, believe, and act differently from us into our everyday, sometimes messy lives—helping them see what true Christian faith really looks like.
Author : Paraclete Press
Publisher : Paraclete Press
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 34,17 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781557256652
There is nothing more central to the publishing mission of Paraclete Press than Christian hospitality. This book of monastic wisdom, practices, and reflection should inspire you to find new ways to respond to the world around you. Chapters include: Welcoming the stranger The realness of caring for people Food and table Opening your heart
Author : Andrew Shepherd
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 39,28 MB
Release : 2014-04-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 162032766X
We live in an age of global capitalism and terror. In a climate of consumption and fear the unknown Other is regarded as a threat to our safety, a client to assist, or a competitor to be overcome in the struggle for scarce resources. And yet, the Christian Scriptures explicitly summon us to welcome strangers, to care for the widow and the orphan, and to build relationships with those distant from us. But how, in this world of hostility and commodification, do we practice hospitality? In The Gift of the Other, Andrew Shepherd engages deeply with the influential thought of French thinkers Emmanuel Levinas and Jacques Derrida, and argues that a true vision of hospitality is ultimately found not in postmodern philosophies but in the Christian narrative. The book offers a compelling Trinitarian account of the God of hospitality--a God of communion who "makes room" for otherness, who overcomes the hostility of the world though Jesus' life, death, and resurrection, and who through the work of the Spirit is forming a new community: the Church--a people of welcome.
Author : Alon Goshen-Gottstein
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 17,60 MB
Release : 2018-08-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1532670117
One of the biggest challenges for relations between religions is the view of the religious Other. The question touches the roots of our theological views. The Religious Other: Hostility, Hospitality, and the Hope of Human Flourishing explores the views of multiple religious traditions on how to regard otherness. How does one move from hostility to hospitality? How can hospitality be understood not simply as social hospitality but as theological hospitality, making room for the religious Other on theological grounds? What is our vision for the flourishing of the Other, while respecting his otherness? This volume is an exercise in constructive interreligious theology. By including Abrahamic and non-Abrahamic traditions, it approaches these challenges from multiple perspectives, highlighting commonalities in approach and ways in which one tradition might inspire another. Contributors: Vincent J. Cornell, Alon Goshen-Gottstein, Richard P. Hayes, Lord Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, Deepak Sarma, Stephen W. Sykes, Dharma Master Hsin Tao, Ashok Vohra
Author : Lucien Richard
Publisher : Paulist Press
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 41,74 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780809139989
Invites readers to an authentic vision of selfhood, calling us to be proactive in our interactions with others.
Author : Mona Siddiqui
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 36,35 MB
Release : 2015-10-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0300216025
Considering its prominent role in many faith traditions, surprisingly little has been written about hospitality within the context of religion, particularly Islam. In her new book, Mona Siddiqui, a well-known media commentator, makes the first major contribution to the understanding of hospitality both within Islam and beyond. She explores and compares teachings within the various Muslim traditions over the centuries, while also drawing on materials as diverse as Islamic belles lettres, Christian reflections on almsgiving and charity, and Islamic and Western feminist writings on gender issues. Applying a more theological approach to the idea of mercy as a fundamental basis for human relationships, this book will appeal to a wide audience, particularly readers interested in Islam, ethics, and religious studies.
Author : Jayme R. Reaves
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 49,28 MB
Release : 2016-07-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 149822461X
What are the resources and teachings in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam that take hospitality--and its call to provide protective hospitality--seriously enough to inform shared action and belief on behalf of the threatened other? This book argues that protective hospitality and its faith-based foundations as seen in the Abrahamic traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam merit greater theological attention and that the practice of protective hospitality in Christianity can be enhanced by better understandings of Judaism's and Islam's practices of hospitality, namely their codes and etiquettes related to honor. Safeguarding the Stranger draws especially on two currents in contemporary Christian theologies: (1) a contextual and political theological approach informed by liberation and feminist theologies, and (2) a cooperative and complementary theological approach informed by interreligious, Abrahamic, and hospitable approaches to dialogue. This book is unique in that it seeks to contribute to academic debates within theology and religious dialogue as well as to discussions within the fields of peace studies and conflict resolution on the positive role that religions might play in contexts of conflict.
Author : Carolyn Lacey
Publisher : The Good Book Company
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 40,81 MB
Release : 2021-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1784985937
How to offer Christian hospitality without becoming exhausted and overburdened. Generous hospitality is a significant way in which God works through our lives to bring life to others, yet many of us feel ill-equipped and overwhelmed at the prospect, especially if we don’t have big houses and we are not wonderful cooks! Carolyn Lacey encourages us to focus on the goal of hospitality, which is to reflect God’s welcoming heart, and shows us how we can all do that, regardless of our bank balance or living situation. She explores seven ways in which we can reflect God’s character in the way we welcome others into our homes and into our lives, and so point people ultimately to Christ. This practical and realistic book explores how to make generous hospitality part of everyday life without becoming exhausted and overburdened.
