Spiritual Defiance: Building a Beloved Community of Resistance

Spiritual Defiance: Building a Beloved Community of Resistance

A leading voice of progressive Christianity makes a powerful case for faith as a radical way of being in the world

During his thirty-year career as a parish minister and professor, Robin Meyers has focused on renewing the church as an instrument of social change and personal transformation. In this provocative and passionate book, he explores the decline of the church as a community of believers and calls readers back to the churchâ€™s roots as a community of resistance. Shifting the conversation about church renewal away from theological purity and marketing strategies that embrace cultural norms, and toward â€œembodied noncomplianceâ€ with the dominant culture, Meyers urges a return to the revolutionary spirit that marked Jesusâ€™s ministry.
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Framing his discussion around three poems by twentieth-century Polish poet Anna Kamienska, Meyers casts the nature of faith as a force that stands against anything and everything that engenders death and indignity. He calls for activeâ€”sometimes even subversiveâ€”defiance of the egoâ€™s temptations, of what he terms â€œthe heresy of orthodoxy itself,â€ and of an uncritical acceptance of militarism and capitalism. Each chapter is a poignant and urgent invitation to recover the Jesus Movement as a Beloved Community of Resistance.
Country USA
Brand Yale University Press
Manufacturer Yale University Press
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2016-03-15
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780300219814

Country	USA
Brand	Yale University Press
Manufacturer	Yale University Press
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2016-03-15
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780300219814

Spiritual Defiance: Building a Beloved Community of Resistance

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