The Integrity of the Body of Christ: Boundary Keeping as Shared Responsibility

Mahlberg, Arden; Nessan, Craig L.

ISBN 10: 1498235360 / ISBN 13: 9781498235365

Editore: Cascade Books, 2016

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Riassunto:

For religious communities to have integrity and credibility they must flourish as places of love and respect. Every aspect of church life is defined and protected by essential boundaries: boundaries around space, time, thought, speech, will, emotion, and behavior--both for clergy and church members. Lack of awareness and attention to boundary keeping diminishes the integrity of the church and harms its mission, whereas insight and vigilance about best practices lend freedom and energy to the calling of the church to care for others and to reach out to the world. In a flourishing Christian community, a wide array of boundaries must be recognized, celebrated, and navigated--from the boundaries that define and protect us as individual persons to role boundaries and the boundaries that define essential communal functions, such as worship. This book is no conventional account of boundaries. It takes a comprehensive approach to the challenge of understanding and creating healthy boundaries. It applies the lessons from the emerging field of behavioral ethics to the rich and rewarding complexity of boundaries in church life, helping us to be more loving and responsible in how we think, speak, and act, so that the church can be true to its identity and mission.

Informazioni sull?autore: Craig L. Nessan is Professor of Contextual Theology and Ethics and Academic Dean at Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa. He is the author of Beyond Maintenance to Mission (2nd ed., 2010), Shalom Church (2010), and The Vitality of Liberation Theology (Pickwick, 2012). Arden Mahlberg is a psychologist and the Director of The Integral Psychology Center in Madison, Wisconsin.

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Titolo: The Integrity of the Body of Christ: ...
Casa editrice: Cascade Books
Data di pubblicazione: 2016
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: As New
Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket