Places of Redemption
Subtitle: Theology for a Worldly Church
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: August 31, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780199296477
Subjects: Christian theology; Christian worship; Methodist Churches; Religious groups; Christian Theology - General; Christianity - History - General; Sociology of Religion; Religion / Church History; Religion; Religion - Church History; Church work; Mission of the church
Description: Fulkerson explores the role of Christian practices in overcoming segregation according to race and disability in an interracial Methodist church in the USA. She argues that theology which is truly 'worldly' must display redemption without overlooking the ambiguous and messy realities of real human lives.