| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 251 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
God the hospitable in Christian thought and action -- The hospitality tradition in religion, society, and culture -- The inhospitable, the indifferent, and the hospitality tradition -- Postmodern hospitality/postmodern faith : grace, gift, and generosity -- Unwrapping the gift -- Convergent hospitalities -- Hospitable community -- The God of transformative hospitality : reality and dream. |
| Summary |
Publisher's description: Exploring the hospitality of God, and its implications for human thought and action, this book examines the concepts of hospitality as cognitive tools for reframing our thinking about God, divine action, and human response in discipleship. Hospitality is imagined as an interactive symbol, changing perspectives and encouraging stable environments of compassionate construction in society. Human rights are of crucial importance to the wellbeing of the people of our planet. But there is a sense in which they will always be an emergency measure, a response to evils as they are happening. The authors argue that a hospitable comparative theology reaches out to bring Christian hospitality into the dialogue of world religions and cultures. It will respect the identity of particular groups and yet will strive for a cosmopolitan sharing of common values. It will respect tradition but also openness to reform and re-imagining. It will encourage convergence and development in a fluid stream of committed hospitalities. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Hospitality -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Hospitality -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. |
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Christian sociology.
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Christian sociology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Smith, Allen Permar.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Newlands, G.M., 1941- Hospitable God. Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, ©2010 (DLC) 2009032349 |
| ISBN |
9781409412410 (e-book) |
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1409412415 (e-book) |
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128253582X |
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9781282535824 |
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9780754665601 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9780754665595 |
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0754665607 |
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