Faithful resistance
Subtitle: gospel visions for the church in a time of empire
By: Rick Ufford-Chase
Publisher: [Publisher not identified]
Published: 2016
Place of publication: [San Bernardino, CA]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9780692724118
Subjects: Spirituality; Christianity; Christian life
Description: Rick Ufford-Chase has touched the deep longing that exists in so many of us who are Christian in the United States, and responded with ideas that offer a future we know God has in store for us but can't seem to imagine is really possible. This is a book we should read and discuss with friends who share our longing and are ready to take a risk. If this book stays in our heads, it fails and we fail. If we use it as a springboard for daring, it is quite likely to change everything about being church in the heart of Empire.
Table of contents: title: Part one: Church in the heart of empire. Confronting empire at the border ; Dismantling white supremacy ; Reimagining ecological theology ; Learning nonviolence in a multifaith world ; Resisting the seduction of silence; title: Part two: Gospel visions. The local congregation as the locus of resistance ; Theological education as an act of subversion ; Mission as a move to the margins ; Institutional church as an expression of solidarity ; Dismantling the corporate church as a step toward liberation ; Conclusion: everything in this story is true.