Welcome As a Way of Life: A Practical Theology of Jean Vanier - Couverture rigide

Wall, Benjamin S

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1498225705 ISBN 13 : 9781498225700

Editeur : Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2016

Synopsis

This book is about the theology of Jean Vanier. Drawing from Vanier's writings, it situates Vanier's theological thinking on community, care, and what it means to be and become human in the context of "welcome." This book draws attention to how welcome, for Vanier, is a visible expression of genuine hospitality, friendship, and human growth, offering an alternative way of conceiving and naming the social forming dynamics within Christian community, with special attention given to how welcome occurs within the communities of L'Arche. At a deeper level, this book assesses Vanier's thinking on the place and role both the self and community play in welcoming the truth of reality as it is revealed and given within community in order to prepare the way for exploring how welcome is a sign of community life, the visible expression of individual and communal trust in God's providence, and a conduit of God's presence in the world.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Benjamin S. Wall (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is Assistant Professor of Religion, Ethics, and Philosophy at Greensboro College in Greensboro, NC.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1498225705
• ISBN 13: 9781498225700
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 144
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible