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Becoming Human: The Holy Spirit and the Rhetoric of Race

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Availability:In StockContributor:Luke A. Powery, Willie James Jennings (Foreword by)Publish date:2022-11-01Pages:160
Language:EnglishPublisher:Westminster John Knox PressISBN-13:9780664267223ISBN-10:066426722XUPC:9780664267223Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Christian Ministry, Christian TheologyBook Topic:Preaching, Anthropology, PneumatologySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.37 inchesWeight:0.5401Product ID:SC4R491HGP

Discussions of racial difference always embody a story. The dominant story told in our society about race has many components, but two stand out: (1) racial difference is an essential characteristic, fully determining individual and group identity; and (2) racial difference means that some bodies are less human than others.

The church knows another story, says Luke Powery, if it would remember it. That story says that the diversity of human bodies is one of the gifts of the Spirit. That story's decisive chapter comes at Pentecost, when the Spirt embraces all bodies, all flesh, all tongues. In that story, different kinds of materiality and embodiment are strengths to be celebrated rather than inconvenient facts to be ignored or feared. In this book, Powery urges the church to live up to the inclusive story of Pentecost in its life of worship and ministry. He reviews ways that a theology and practice of preaching can more fully exemplify the diversity of gifts God gives to the church. He concludes by entering into a conversation with the work of Howard Thurman on doing ministry to and with humanity in the light of the work of the Spirit.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Westminster John Knox PressISBN-13:9780664267223ISBN-10:066426722XUPC:9780664267223Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Christian Ministry, Christian TheologyBook Topic:Preaching, Anthropology, PneumatologySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.37 inchesWeight:0.5401Product ID:SC4R491HGP
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press

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