Crossing Thresholds: A Practical Theology of Liminality - Couverture souple

Fairhurst, Rosy; Rooms, Nigel; Carson, Timothy L.; Withrow, Lisa

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0718893468 ISBN 13 : 9780718893460

Editeur : Lutterworth Press, 2021

Synopsis

We live in an age of enormous and rapid change, but how do people, organisations, even whole cultures and societies change? And where is God in such transformations? For more than a hundred years, anthropology has taught us that entering a chaotic, awesome and fraught 'threshold' - or liminal space - is fundamental to our renewal as human beings. Yet none of us goes willingly into such places. We need to be 'held' in liminal movement so that it is safe enough to change. Crossing Thresholds is the first inter-disciplinary theological treatment of the universal phenomenon of liminality. Developing practical wisdom from foundations in the work of Victor Turner, Donald Winnicott and Bruce Reed, the authors explore the place of liminality in the worship, mission and hermeneutics of the Church and reflect on its usefulness to a wide range of Christian practice. For all those who strive to think theologically about the great transitions of life, this comprehensive work offers unique insight into what it is to safely cross the threshold of chaos and embrace the future with courage.

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À propos de l?auteur

Timothy Carson is Senior Minister at the Broadway Christian Church in Columbia, Missouri, and holds the Doctor of Ministry, Master of Divinity and Bachelor of Education degrees. He is the author of several works that explore the intersection between Christian faith and culture such as 'Your Calling as a Christian', 'The Square Root of God: Mathematical Metaphors' and 'Spiritual Tangents and Six Doors to the Seventh Dimension'. Rev Canon Dr. Nigel Rooms is Director of Ministry and Mission, Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham. Associate Priest, Bestwood Park with Rise Park Churches. Nigel has been a priest for over twenty years and a mission partner in Tanzania where he published educational materials for Anglican Church of Tanzania in Kiswahili. Nigel is a member of the International Association of Missions Studies and the British and Irish Association for Practical Theology. Lisa Withrow is the Dewire Professor of Christian Leadership at the Methodist theological School in Ohio, and has published work on Church Leadership, pastoral care and women's studies. Rev Rosemary Fairhurst is Church and Theological Consultant to the Bromley-by-Bow Church and Centre, Director Sophia Hubs (a network of incubators for startups with faith communities) and was formerly Organisational Analyst at The Grubb Institute. She is Priest at St Martin's-in-the-Fields, London and Director of Mission and Ministry, Ripon College, Cuddesdon.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lutterworth Press
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0718893468
• ISBN 13: 9780718893460
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 271
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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