Engaging others, knowing ourselves
Subtitle: a Lutheran calling in a multi-religious world
By: Carol Schersten LaHurd, editor ; Darrell Jadock and Kathryn Mary Lohre, consulting editors
Publisher: Lutheran University Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: Lutheran Church; Relations; Religions; Christianity and other religions; Interfaith relations
Description: Christians live and work in an increasingly multi-ethnic and multi-religious context. How does this affect their calling to serve their neighbors and their community? What resources does the Lutheran Christian tradition offer? Woven into this book are more than fifty stories of ELCA inter-religious engagement. These examples from local ministry settings are supplemented by practical tips, theological reflection, and historical analysis. The result is a guide for study, discussion, and action as a contribution toward the 500th observance of the Reformation in 2017and beyond--back cover.
Notes: Includes suggestions for study and discussion.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Elizabeth A. Eaton; title: A pastor and a professor on Why this book? / Esther Menn and Peg Schultz-Akerson; title: Time-tested questions / Darrell Jodock; title: New realities, new thinking since 1990 / Mark Swanson; title: Guidelines for interacting in the real world / Carol Schersten LaHurd; title: Exploring the uncomfortable questions : the experience of inter-religious work / Jonathan E. Brockopp; title: Our God and their God : a relational theology of religious plurality / J. Paul Rajashekar; title: Living with questions / Darrell Jodock; title: Appendices: Ways to use this book; title: Notes on contributors; title: Helpful websites from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Amerca and partner organizations.