Entering the New Theological Space 0754663396, 9780754663393, 9780754693789

This book presents theological reflections on the changing nature of church mission and Christian identity within a theo

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Table of contents :
Contents......Page 6
List of Figures and Table......Page 8
Contributors......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 14
Introduction: Entering the New Space of the Blurred Encounter Between Faith, Politics and Community......Page 16
1 Mainstreaming the Edges: Reflections on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile and Fair Trade......Page 30
2 Brief Engagements, Processional Encounters......Page 44
3 A Blurred InterFaith, InterCultural Experience: A Kidderminster Story......Page 62
4 Blurred Encounters in the Suburbs: Problems of Place and Problematic Places......Page 72
5 Networks – The Blurring of Institution and Networks: How Should the Church Engage?......Page 88
6 How to See the Wood for the Trees: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Dementia......Page 100
7 Kent – The Garden Of Dilemma......Page 116
8 Weightless Identity in Post-Material Communities......Page 130
9 Negotiating Identity: The Christian Individual and the Secular Institution......Page 142
10 Sanctuary and Liminality: Stories, Reflections and Liturgy Exploring the Blurred Encounters Between Mental Health and Illness as an Inner-City Church......Page 158
11 ‘Betwixt and Between’: Anthropological Approaches to Blurred Encounters......Page 172
12 Baptism as Cultural Conversation: Explorations in Implicit Theology......Page 192
13 Truth in Science and Theology: Latour, Žižek and the Theory of Circulating Reference......Page 212
14 An Experience of Rural Ministry......Page 224
15 Mapping the New Theological Space: From Blurred Encounters to Thresholds of Transformation......Page 234
Index of Names......Page 246
Index of Subjects......Page 250

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