Becoming Human: The Holy Spirit and the Rhetoric of Race

Powery, Luke A.

ISBN 10: 066426722X / ISBN 13: 9780664267223

Editore: Westminster John Knox Press, 2022

Codice articolo 066426722X-3-34273903

Riassunto:

Discussions of racial difference always embody a story. The dominant story told in our society about race has many components, but two stand out: (1) racial difference is an essential characteristic, fully determining individual and group identity; and (2) racial difference means that some bodies are less human than others.

The church knows another story, says Luke Powery, if it would remember it. That story says that the diversity of human bodies is one of the gifts of the Spirit. That story’s decisive chapter comes at Pentecost, when the Spirt embraces all bodies, all flesh, all tongues. In that story, different kinds of materiality and embodiment are strengths to be celebrated rather than inconvenient facts to be ignored or feared. In this book, Powery urges the church to live up to the inclusive story of Pentecost in its life of worship and ministry. He reviews ways that a theology and practice of preaching can more fully exemplify the diversity of gifts God gives to the church. He concludes by entering into a conversation with the work of Howard Thurman on doing ministry to and with humanity in the light of the work of the Spirit.

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Titolo: Becoming Human: The Holy Spirit and the ...
Casa editrice: Westminster John Knox Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2022
Legatura: paperback
Condizione: Good