Places of Redemption Theology for a Worldly Church

by Fulkerson, Mary McClintock

• ISBN13: 9780199296477
• ISBN10: 0199296472
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-09-20
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The primary aim of this book is to explore the contradiction between widely shared beliefs in the USA about racial inclusiveness and equal opportunity for all and the fact that most churches are racially homogeneous and do not include people with disabilities. To address the problem Mary McClintock Fulkerson explores the practices of an interracial church (United Methodist) that includes people with disabilities. The analysis focuses on those activities which create opportunities for people to experience those who are 'different' as equal in ways that diminish both obliviousness to the other and fear of the other. In contrast with theology's typical focus on the beliefs of Christians, this project offers a theory of practices and place that foregrounds the instinctual reactions and communications that shape all groups. The effect is to broaden the academic field of theology through the benefits of ethnographic research and postmodern place theory.

Author Biography

Mary McClintock Fulkerson is Associate Professor of Theology at Duke Divinity School.

Table of Contents

Theology from a Place
Introduction	p. 3
Postmodern Place: A Frame for Appearing	p. 24
The Practices that Make Place
Placing Good Samaritan: Formation Practices	p. 55
Performing Gospel: Worship Practices	p. 89
Working It Out: Homemaking Practices	p. 126
Being Biblical: Interpretive Practices	p. 159
What Kind of Place?
Good Samaritan Church: The Unity of the Place	p. 195
A Theological Reading of Place	p. 231
Index	p. 255
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