Title: William Stringfellow : essential writings /
Authors: Stringfellow, William.; Kellermann, Bill Wylie.
Year: 2013
Subjects: Mission of the church; Church and the world.; Christianity and politics; Powers (Christian theology); Church and social problems United States.
Abstract: William Stringfellow (1928-1985), a radical lay theologian and social critic, was a lifelong gadfly in the Episcopal church. His great theme was the Constantinian compromise, the accommodation of Christianity to the values of the empire and the preservation of the status quo. "My concern." he wrote, "is to understand America biblically," --in contrast to the more common tendency, to understand the Bible "Americanly". (from back cover of book).
Contents: Introduction: Living humanly toward the end of empire -- 1. The essentials of a biblical theology: Word ; Jesus ; Spirit ; Sacrament and sacramental ethics ; Church -- 2. In an age of empire and death -- 3. Live humanly.