Description
Book SynopsisA Nazareth Manifesto is an eloquent and impassioned ecumenical proposal for re-envisioning Christianity s approach to social engagement away from working for the people to being with them.
Trade Review"It is academic and intelligent while being accessible. It is, at the same time, highly original, and devotional and inspiring." (Church Times, May 2016)
Table of ContentsPrologue: The Most Important Word 1
Introduction: God Is With Us 7
1 Being With 11
2 A Nazareth Manifesto 20
Part I: Realignment 33
3 Reassessing the Human Predicament 35
4 Reconceiving the Divine Purpose 50
Part II: God is With Us 65
5 The Story of Jesus 67
6 The Stories of Jesus 86
7 Embodying the Story of Jesus 100
Part III: Being With 123
8 God Being With God 125
9 God Being With Us 147
10 Being With One Another in Nazareth 169
11 Being With One Another in Galilee 187
12 Being With One Another in Jerusalem 202
Part IV: Explorations 229
13 Th eological Ramifications 231
14 Social Embodiments 248
Part V: Implications 269
15 The Transcendence of Justice 271
16 The Transfiguration of Suffering 283
Epilogue: Magnificat 298
Acknowledgments 304
Afterword 305
Scriptural Index 311
Subject Index 314
