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Urban ministry reconsidered : contexts and approaches / edited by R. Drew Smith, Stephanie C. Boddie, and Ronald E. Peters.

Contributor(s): Smith, R. Drew, 1956- [editor.] | Boddie, Stephanie C [editor.] | Peters, Ronald Edward [editor.]
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Louisville, Kentucky : Westminster John Knox Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Edition: First editionDescription: viii, 302 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780664263928; 0664263925Subject(s): City churches | City clergy | Cities and towns -- Religious aspects -- ChristianityDDC classification: 253.09173/2 LOC classification: BV637 | .U73 2018Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
R. Drew Smith -- Urban conceptual worldviews. Urban conceptualizing in historical perspective / Ronald E. Peters -- The new urbanism and its challenge to the church / Michael A. Mata -- The city's grace / Peter Choi -- Toward a missiological turn in urban ministry / Scott Hagley -- Urban ministry as the new frontier? / Felicia Howell LaBoy -- Urban ministry as incarnational / Kang-Yup Na -- Religion and race in urban spaces across Africa and the diaspora / William Ackah -- Wholeness and human flourishing as guideposts for urban ministry / Lisa Slayton and Herb Kolbe -- Urban community formation. Low-income residents and religious in-betweenness in the United States of America and South Africa / R. Drew Smith -- Racial equity and faith-based organizing at Community Renewal Society / Curtiss Paul DeYoung -- Ferguson lessons about church solidarity with communities of struggle / Michael McBride -- Listening, undergirding, and cross-sector community building / Kimberly Gonxhe -- Internal dimensions of church connectedness to community / Randall K. Bush -- Prison ministry with women and girls of African descent / Angelique Walker-Smith -- Christian community responses to African immigrants in the United States / Laurel E. Scott -- Theological professionals, the community, and overcoming the disconnection / Anthony Rivera -- Theological pedagogies and urban change-making in an African city / Stephan de Beer -- Urban social policy. Church pursuits of economic justice, public health, and racial equity / John C. Welch -- The Accra Confession and theological reflections on urban economic justice / Setri Nyomi -- School voucher programs and Black clergy responses in two cities / R. Drew Smith -- Creating an oasis food ecosystem in a post-"faith-based initiatives" environment / Stephanie C. Boddie -- One congregation's ministry to immigrants / Jean Stockdale -- Gun violence and African American churches / Katie Day -- Theological listening and learning in an HIV/AIDS world / Donald E. Messer -- Public leadership and African churches in the United Kingdom / Israel Oluwole Olofinjana -- Urban ministry adaptations. Neighborhood and congregational renewal through community organizing and development / Phil Tom -- Discernment, attentiveness, and church planting in urban communities / Christopher Brown -- Ministry, diversity, and community on an urban university campus / Jewelnel Davis -- Prison ministries, voluntarism, and relational culture / Tami Hooker -- Martin Luther King Jr.'s speeches and the urban -digital context / Erika D. Gault -- Approaches to ministry in an African prophetic church in France / Aurélien Mokoko Gampiot -- Ministry to Ugandan youth affected by war and conflict / James Okalo Ekwang.
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Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library 1 West BV637 .U73 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182903528723

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / R. Drew Smith -- I. Urban conceptual worldviews. Urban conceptualizing in historical perspective / Ronald E. Peters -- The new urbanism and its challenge to the church / Michael A. Mata -- The city's grace / Peter Choi -- Toward a missiological turn in urban ministry / Scott Hagley -- Urban ministry as the new frontier? / Felicia Howell LaBoy -- Urban ministry as incarnational / Kang-Yup Na -- Religion and race in urban spaces across Africa and the diaspora / William Ackah -- Wholeness and human flourishing as guideposts for urban ministry / Lisa Slayton and Herb Kolbe -- II. Urban community formation. Low-income residents and religious in-betweenness in the United States of America and South Africa / R. Drew Smith -- Racial equity and faith-based organizing at Community Renewal Society / Curtiss Paul DeYoung -- Ferguson lessons about church solidarity with communities of struggle / Michael McBride -- Listening, undergirding, and cross-sector community building / Kimberly Gonxhe -- Internal dimensions of church connectedness to community / Randall K. Bush -- Prison ministry with women and girls of African descent / Angelique Walker-Smith -- Christian community responses to African immigrants in the United States / Laurel E. Scott -- Theological professionals, the community, and overcoming the disconnection / Anthony Rivera -- Theological pedagogies and urban change-making in an African city / Stephan de Beer -- III. Urban social policy. Church pursuits of economic justice, public health, and racial equity / John C. Welch -- The Accra Confession and theological reflections on urban economic justice / Setri Nyomi -- School voucher programs and Black clergy responses in two cities / R. Drew Smith -- Creating an oasis food ecosystem in a post-"faith-based initiatives" environment / Stephanie C. Boddie -- One congregation's ministry to immigrants / Jean Stockdale -- Gun violence and African American churches / Katie Day -- Theological listening and learning in an HIV/AIDS world / Donald E. Messer -- Public leadership and African churches in the United Kingdom / Israel Oluwole Olofinjana -- IV. Urban ministry adaptations. Neighborhood and congregational renewal through community organizing and development / Phil Tom -- Discernment, attentiveness, and church planting in urban communities / Christopher Brown -- Ministry, diversity, and community on an urban university campus / Jewelnel Davis -- Prison ministries, voluntarism, and relational culture / Tami Hooker -- Martin Luther King Jr.'s speeches and the urban -digital context / Erika D. Gault -- Approaches to ministry in an African prophetic church in France / Aurélien Mokoko Gampiot -- Ministry to Ugandan youth affected by war and conflict / James Okalo Ekwang.

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