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Church in the round : feminist interpretation of the church / Letty M. Russell.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Louisville, Ky. : Westminster/John Knox Press, c1993.Edition: 1st edDescription: 253 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 066425070X (pbk. : recycled, alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BV600.2 .R88 1993
Contents:
Pt. 1. Round Table Connection. 1. Round Table Talk. Connecting to the Margin. Faith, feminism, and the church. Table principle. Rereading from the margin. The Spiral Connection. Feminist methodology. Rereading from the context. Going around the spiral. Talking Back to Tradition. Feminist understanding of tradition. Community of faith and struggle. Feminist understanding of the church. 2. Leadership in the Round. Order and Organization. Order and change. Organization and ordination. Quest for feminist leadership. Overturning the Masters' Tables. Iconoclasm of patriarchy. Women in leadership. House churches and household codes. Round Table Leadership. Community of the Spirit. Authority in community. Clues to feminist leadership -- Pt. 2. Kitchen Table Solidarity. 3. Communities of Faith and Struggle. A Time of Kairos. Signs of jubilee. Confessing churches. Confessional churches. God's Mission and the Church. Mission of God. Missionary structures. Liberation structures.
Liberation Communities. Renewed Christian communities. Basic Christian communities. Feminist Christian communities. 4. Justice and the Church. Place of Salvation. Justice and salvation. No salvation outside the poor. Double sin of the church. Sign of Christ's Presence. Household of God. Signs of the church. Justice connection. Word Preached and Celebrated. Word purely preached. Sacraments rightly administered. Table fenced with justice -- Pt. 3. Welcome Table Partnership. 5. Community of Hospitality. White Racism: A Church-Dividing Issue. Divided self and divided ministry. Forms of structural sin. Caught in the contradictions. Contradictions of Divine Election. Caught with his compassion down. Rereading the story of the chosen people. Bounded community. Hospitality and the Church. Need for identity. Diversity and hospitality. Hospitality on the margin. 6. Spirituality of Connection. Sister Choice. Choosing to be a woman. Choosing to be whole. Kitchen table spirituality.
Sister Outsider. Finding the margin. Rejecting the contradictions. Welcome table spirituality. Sister Circle. Choosing a tradition. Opening the circle. Round table partnership.
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Bishop Okullu Memorial Library (Limuru Campus) General Circulation Non-fiction BV600.2 .R88 1993 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 4 Available 002246
Bishop Okullu Memorial Library (Limuru Campus) General Circulation Non-fiction BV600.2 .R88 1993 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 3 Available 016477
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BV598 .S67 2012 A reader in ecclesiology / BV600.2 .N38 1998 The nature and purpose of the church : BV600.2.P74 1997 Faces of the church : BV600.2 .R88 1993 Church in the round : BV600.3 .A45 2018 All things hold together in Christ : BV600.3 .C44 2008 Total church: BV600.3 .C44 2008 Total church:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Pt. 1. Round Table Connection. 1. Round Table Talk. Connecting to the Margin. Faith, feminism, and the church. Table principle. Rereading from the margin. The Spiral Connection. Feminist methodology. Rereading from the context. Going around the spiral. Talking Back to Tradition. Feminist understanding of tradition. Community of faith and struggle. Feminist understanding of the church. 2. Leadership in the Round. Order and Organization. Order and change. Organization and ordination. Quest for feminist leadership. Overturning the Masters' Tables. Iconoclasm of patriarchy. Women in leadership. House churches and household codes. Round Table Leadership. Community of the Spirit. Authority in community. Clues to feminist leadership -- Pt. 2. Kitchen Table Solidarity. 3. Communities of Faith and Struggle. A Time of Kairos. Signs of jubilee. Confessing churches. Confessional churches. God's Mission and the Church. Mission of God. Missionary structures. Liberation structures.

Liberation Communities. Renewed Christian communities. Basic Christian communities. Feminist Christian communities. 4. Justice and the Church. Place of Salvation. Justice and salvation. No salvation outside the poor. Double sin of the church. Sign of Christ's Presence. Household of God. Signs of the church. Justice connection. Word Preached and Celebrated. Word purely preached. Sacraments rightly administered. Table fenced with justice -- Pt. 3. Welcome Table Partnership. 5. Community of Hospitality. White Racism: A Church-Dividing Issue. Divided self and divided ministry. Forms of structural sin. Caught in the contradictions. Contradictions of Divine Election. Caught with his compassion down. Rereading the story of the chosen people. Bounded community. Hospitality and the Church. Need for identity. Diversity and hospitality. Hospitality on the margin. 6. Spirituality of Connection. Sister Choice. Choosing to be a woman. Choosing to be whole. Kitchen table spirituality.

Sister Outsider. Finding the margin. Rejecting the contradictions. Welcome table spirituality. Sister Circle. Choosing a tradition. Opening the circle. Round table partnership.

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