Open friendship in a closed society
Slade, Peter, 1970-
Open friendship in a closed society Mission Mississippi and a theology of friendship / [electronic resource] : Peter Slade. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. - 1 online resource (xii, 262 p.) : ill.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Open and closed -- J�urgen Moltmann and open friendship -- James Wesley Silver and the closed society -- Mission Mississippi -- From rallies to meaningful relationships -- Mission Mississippi's theologies of racial reconciliation -- Open friendship and justice -- Justice, Jackson, and the gospel of reconciliation -- Lee Paris and First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, Mississippi -- Slavery, segregation, and the spirituality of the church -- The spirituality of the closed church -- Reconciliation 101 : opening friendship -- A practice of open friendship -- Prayer breakfasts -- A lived theology of prayer and reconciliation.
Peter Slade examines Mission Mississippi's model of racial reconciliation (which stresses one-on-one, individual friendships among religious people of different races) and considers whether it can effectively address the issue of social justice.
9780199706938 (electronic bk.) 019970693X (electronic bk.)
Mission Mississippi (Organization)
Church work with minorities--Mississippi.
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Mississippi--Race relations.
Electronic books.
BV4468 / .S53 2009eb
277.62/083089
Open friendship in a closed society Mission Mississippi and a theology of friendship / [electronic resource] : Peter Slade. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. - 1 online resource (xii, 262 p.) : ill.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Open and closed -- J�urgen Moltmann and open friendship -- James Wesley Silver and the closed society -- Mission Mississippi -- From rallies to meaningful relationships -- Mission Mississippi's theologies of racial reconciliation -- Open friendship and justice -- Justice, Jackson, and the gospel of reconciliation -- Lee Paris and First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, Mississippi -- Slavery, segregation, and the spirituality of the church -- The spirituality of the closed church -- Reconciliation 101 : opening friendship -- A practice of open friendship -- Prayer breakfasts -- A lived theology of prayer and reconciliation.
Peter Slade examines Mission Mississippi's model of racial reconciliation (which stresses one-on-one, individual friendships among religious people of different races) and considers whether it can effectively address the issue of social justice.
9780199706938 (electronic bk.) 019970693X (electronic bk.)
Mission Mississippi (Organization)
Church work with minorities--Mississippi.
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Mississippi--Race relations.
Electronic books.
BV4468 / .S53 2009eb
277.62/083089