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Hospitable God : the transformative dream / George Newlands and Allen Smith.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, ©2010.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 251 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781409412410
  • 1409412415
  • 128253582X
  • 9781282535824
  • 1032099399
  • 9781032099392
  • 1317121201
  • 9781317121206
  • 9786612535826
  • 6612535822
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Hospitable God.DDC classification:
  • 241/.671 22
LOC classification:
  • BT738 .N487 2010eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
Online resources:
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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)389118

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Print version record.

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.

English.