An Intercultural Church for a Multicultural World : Reflections on gift exchange

Snow, Martyn

Church House Publishing（2024/03発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 168 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781781404720
• DDC分類 261

Full Description

One of the Church of England's central aims is that it should become more diverse. This book is a contribution to the debate on how the church nationally and locally might better represent the cultural diversity of the communities which it is called to serve.

Originating from the experiences of one of the most multicultural dioceses in the country, it offers a series of reflections that will enable readers to consider how they might think and act with greater cultural sensitivity in their contexts.

Central to the book is the theme of gift exchange. All of life is celebrated as gift where we experience diversity, the other, hospitality and God as gifts. It explores the possibilities of intercultural gift exchange in the practices of generous giving, radical receptivity and transformative thanksgiving.

Contents

1. Introduction
2. The Gift of Diversity
3. The Gift of the Other
'Half-time talk' - The Gift of Hospitality
4. The Gift of God
5. All of Life is Gift