Mission Mississippi and a theology of friendship /
First Statement of Responsibility
Peter Slade.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2009.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (xii, 262 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction -- Open and closed -- Jürgen 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.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.
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Title
Open friendship in a closed society.
International Standard Book Number
9780195372625
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Mission Mississippi (Organization)
Mission Mississippi (Organization)
Mission Mississippi (Organization)
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Church work with minorities-- Mississippi.
Race relations-- Religious aspects-- Christianity.
Church work with minorities.
Race relations-- Religious aspects-- Christianity.