Study Guide for Making Room : Recovering Hospitality As a Christian Tradition

by Pohl, Christine D.

• ISBN13: 9780802849892
• ISBN10: 080284989X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-01
• Publisher: EERDMANS, WILLIAM B. PUBLISHING COM
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Summary

Christine Pohl's 1999 book Making Room has helped foster renewal of the central but long-neglected practice of Christian hospitality. This new study guide for Making Room provides a variety of ways in which people can learn more about the practice.

Designed for use by small groups -- though individuals will also profit from it -- the study guide is divided into nine lessons corresponding to the chapters of Making Room. Each lesson begins with an introduction briefly highlighting the main points of the chapter under consideration, followed by sections on group building, Scripture, discussion, reflection, and personal application. Each lesson also provides aids for group leaders and suggested activities to help participants begin to make the practice of hospitality part of their daily lives.

Author Biography

Christine D. Pohl is professor of Christian social ethics at Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, Kentucky Pamela J. Buck is assistant to the rector for community and ministry development at The Church of the Apostles, Lexington, Kentucky

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
An Invitation	ix
Introduction: A New Look at an Old Tradition	1	(4)
Ancient and Biblical Sources	5	(5)
A Short History of Christian Hospitality	10	(4)
Hospitality, Dignity, and the Power of Recognition	14	(5)
The Strangers in Our Midst	19	(6)
Hospitality from the Margins	25	(5)
The Fragility of Hospitality: Limits, Boundaries, Temptations	30	(5)
Making a Place for Hospitality	35	(5)
The Spiritual Rhythms of Hospitality	40	(5)
Activities	45	(9)
Videos	54	(5)
Suggested Prayers, Hymns, and Readings	59