Reconciling Places. Paul A. Hoffman

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СКАЧАТЬ an academically trained practical theologian, I am acutely aware of my limitations, liabilities, and privileged position. Simply put, this book is written from a particular perspective: I am an American white male raised and located in the middle class of New England, of French Canadian and northern European ancestry (predominantly German and British), early forties in age, and an evangelical centrist (I’m slightly theologically Reformed with a strong Anabaptist-Wesleyan-Holiness thrust). I’m trusting, though, that this book’s theological reflections and practical tools will be enough to help you embrace and embody your calling as reconcilers whatever your place. Consequently, at the end of the chapters there is a section comprised of “Questions for Reflection” and “Practical Next Steps.” I urge you to make use of these exercises as I believe they will help stimulate fresh thinking and new actions. Lord knows our world needs that now more than ever—and you can make a difference! So let’s get started.

      Questions for Reflection

      1.How have you experienced difference in your life, e.g., a friendship where there was a contrast in class or ethnicity?

      2.Have you ever faced prejudice, injustice, or a bully? How did you handle the situation? What did you learn?

      3.Which of the three parts of the reconciling bridge are you most intrigued by and why? Which part do you feel most uncertain or unknowledgeable about and why?

      Practical Next Steps

      1.If you have never done so, write out part of your story that describes an experience with difference or injustice.

      2.Start composing a sketch that conveys aspects of your identity: what is your ancestry? Ethnic background? Education? Religious or faith tradition? The kind of place you were born and raised: a city, suburb, town, or rural area?

      1. Etehad, “‘I Don’t Want You to Get Shooted’.”

      2. Government of the Bahamas, “Ministry of Foreign Affairs.”

      3. Please note that throughout the book I will follow the Apostles’ Creed and capitalize “Church” when referring to the Church universal. I will use “church” to refer to a local church or congregation.

      4. Thirty-three countries, and counting, located in the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.

      5. Matt 5:9.

      6. I call this the “Gal 3:28 triad”—more on this in chapter 1.

      7. Bauckham, Bible and Mission, 11–12. This group includes missiologists Michael Goheen and Christopher Wright—more on this in chapter 2.

      8. Tennent, Invitation to World Missions, 105; Keller, Center Church, 43.

      9. Col 1:20.

      10. A note about pronouns: throughout the book I refer to God or members of the Godhead using “he” or “his.” I do this primarily for internal consistency with quotations and Scripture. It is not intended to promote androcentrism.

      11. Theologians call this the “immanent Trinity.”

      12. Theologians call this the “economic Trinity.”

      13. History of Bridges, “Structure, Components and Parts of Bridge.”

      14. Inazu, Confident Pluralism, 96.

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