Practical Theology of Friendship

ISBN-13: 9781119756941 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 240 str.

Anne-Marie Ellithorpe

Spis treści

Illustrations ixAbbreviations xAcknowledgments xiiIntroduction 1Part I The Current Reality 231 The Place of Friendship 252 Coexisting Friendship Worlds 47Part II A Deep Remembering - Friendship, Community, Resistance 733 Friendship and First Testament Writings 754 Friendship and Second Testament Writings 945 Friendship in Classical and Christian Traditions 107Bridge: Shifts in Vision 122Part III Theology, Friendship, and the Social Imagination 1376 Mutuality: God, Creation and Community 1397 Open Friendship, Becoming Kin, and the Human Vocation 1598 Love, Spirit-Shaped Friendships, and Friendship-Shaped Communities 171Part IV Practicing Friendship 1959 Friendship and Community: Ideals and Implementation 197Conclusion 213Appendix: A Correlational Approach to Theological Reflection 217Glossary 227Index 230

O autorze

Anne-Marie Ellithorpe is Research Associate at the Vancouver School of Theology. She is co-editor of Visions of the End Times: Revelations of Hope and Challenge, Co-Chair of the AAR seminar unit Religious Reflections on Friendship, and a member of the Society of Christian Ethics, the Society of Biblical Literature, and the International Academy of Practical Theology.