Seek the Peace of the City : Reflections on Urban Ministry

by Villafane, Eldin

• ISBN13: 9780802807298
• ISBN10: 0802807291
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-08-01
• Publisher: EERDMANS

Author Biography

Eldin Villafane is professor of Christian social ethics at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Boston, Massachusetts, and executive director of the Contextualized Urban Theological Education Enablement Program of the Center for Urban Ministerial Education (CUME) in Boston.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Credits
Foreword
Introduction: The Jeremiah Paradigm for the City	p. 1
Urban Socio-Theology	p. 5
Scholarship as Sierva, Santificadora, and Sanadora	p. 7
An Evangelical Call to a Social Spirituality: Confronting Evil in Urban Society	p. 12
The Power of the Powerless: A Paradigm of Partnership from the Underside	p. 29
Urban Ministry	p. 41
Patience and the City	p. 43
An Approach to Winning Ethnic Minorities in the City	p. 47
Hispanic and African-American Racial Reconciliation: A "Latin Jazz" Note	p. 57
The Sociocultural Matrix of Intergenerational Dynamics: An Agenda for the 1990s	p. 64
Urban Theological Education	p. 75
Essential Elements for an Effective Seminary-Based Urban Theological Education Program	p. 77
Theological Education in the Urban Context	p. 97
Paul, Leadership, and the Hispanic Church	p. 103
Urban Theological Education for Church Leadership	p. 123
Bibliography	p. 138
Contributors	p. 145
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