Radical Discipleship (eBook)

A Liturgical Politics of the Gospel

Jennifer M. McBride (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
290 Seiten
Fortress Press (Verlag)
978-1-5064-0190-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Radical Discipleship engages the structural evils of homelessness, mass incarceration, and capital punishment, arguing that to be faithful to the gospel, Christians must become disciples of, not simply believers in, Jesus. Jennifer McBride argues that disciples must work to overcome the social evils that bar “beloved community.” Unfolding the social and political character of the good news, the book organically connects liturgy with activism and theological reflection— enabling a radical discipleship that takes seriously the Jesus of the Gospels.

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Reminiscent of Bonhoeffer's Discipleship, Jennifer McBride's Radical Discipleship utilizes the liturgical seasons as a framework for engaging the social evils of mass incarceration, capital punishment, and homelessness, arguing that to be faithful to the gospel, Christians must become disciples of, not simply believers in, Jesus. The book arises out of McBride's extensive experience teaching theology in a women's prison while participating in a residential Christian activist and worshipping community. Arguing that disciples must take responsibility for the social evils that bar ';beloved community,' Martin Luther King's term for a just social order, the promised kingdom of God, McBride calls for a dual commitment to the works of mercy and the struggle for justice. This work seeks to form readers into an understanding of the social and political character of the good news proclaimed in the Gospels. Organically connecting liturgy with activism and theological reflection, McBride argues that discipleship requires that privileged Christians place their bodies in spaces of social struggle and distress to reduce the distance between themselves and those who suffer injustice, and stand in solidarity with those whom society deems guilty, despises, and rejectswhich makes discipleship radical as Christians take seriously the Jesus of the Gospels.

Autor

Jennifer M. McBride (PhD, University of Virginia) is Associate Dean for Doctor of Ministry Programs and Continuing Education and Assistant Professor of Theology and Ethics at McCormick Theological Seminary. She is author of The Church for the World: A Theology of Public Witness (2011) and co-editor of Bonhoeffer and King: Their Legacies and Import for Christian Social Thought (Fortress Press, 2010).

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.1.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Liturgik / Homiletik
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Moraltheologie / Sozialethik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: activism • Bonhoeffer • Church • Discipleship • Social Justice
• ISBN-10: 1-5064-0190-2 / 1506401902
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5064-0190-4 / 9781506401904