Seasons of Faith and Conscience

by Wylie Kellermann, Bill; Wallis, Jim

• ISBN13: 9781556359231
• ISBN10: 1556359233
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-11-07
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Pub

Summary

What is the connection between faith and politics? "Every act of worship," Kellermann says "every occasion where the sovereignty of the word of God is acknowledged, is always and everywhere expressly political."

Author Biography

Bill Wylie Kellermann, a Methodist pastor and community peace activist in Detroit, teaches for the Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Liturgy and Transformation
Confession and Combat: Liturgy in Scripture	p. 3
Doxology and Dominion	p. 3
A Sociology of Praise: Making and Unmaking the World	p. 6
Liturgy and Allegiance	p. 14
Jesus and Liturgical Action	p. 18
The Passover Confrontation	p. 27
The Church's Confession as Liturgical Action	p. 33
A Question of Confessional Politics	p. 35
The Notorious Precedent	p. 36
A Biblical Word for the Times	p. 40
Coming Closer to Home	p. 43
A North American Kairos?	p. 46
Of Documents and Deeds	p. 50
The Engine of History: A Religion of Nuclear Imperialism	p. 53
"Nuclear Fundamentalism": Who Is Like the Beast?	p. 55
A Mythology Like Unto Babylon	p. 58
Shrines, Rituals, and Nuclear Liturgies	p. 60
High Priests and the Cult of Secrecy	p. 65
Principalities and the Powers That Be	p. 71
A Revival of Interest	p. 71
From the Experience of Israel	p. 77
Fallen: The Law and the State	p. 81
Humanity Be Damned: A Presumption of Survival	p. 85
Out of Human Hands: the Cover of Darkness	p. 87
Technology: The Autonomy of Means	p. 89
A Case of Possession	p. 99
Liturgical Direct Action	p. 103
Politically Informed Exorcism	p. 103
Examples Abounding	p. 106
A Subversive Calendar of the Heart	p. 110
The Turning World: A Biblical Reprise	p. 112
Liturgy and Action: Kairos and the Confessional Moment	p. 118
With Eyes Open: Warnings and Hesitations	p. 121
In Spirit and Truth: Liturgy and Nonviolence	p. 126
The Seasons at Heart
Advent: The Wilderness in a Very Small Room	p. 133
Christmas: O Holy Nightmare	p. 140
Epiphany: Light to the Powers	p. 149
Lent: A Confusion before the Cross	p. 157
Palm Sunday: Public Confrontation	p. 167
Good Friday: The Shape of the Scandal	p. 175
Easter: Resurrection Is against the Law	p. 184
Eastertide: The Politics of Healing	p. 189
Pentecost: Taking It to the Streets	p. 198
Notes	p. 207
Index	p. 224
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