Feb/Mar 2012 Issue Table of Contents
Examining why and how the Christian church should engage the world and its political arenaIntroduction to the Issue
- “Introducing: Jesus Returns to Washington,” Patrick David Heery
Quick Takes
- Rapid Interviews
- “Why I Am Still a Christian,” Gary Dorrien
- “The Spirituality of the Church,” Emily Morgan
- “The Church and the Living-Practicer Theory,” Eleanor Reed Held
- “Presbyterian Citizens: Connecting Faith and Politics,” Roger Scott Powers
Debating Church in the World
- “Gospeling Beyond Our Preferred Agendas,” Walter Brueggemann
- “Evangelism and Justice,” Darrell Guder
- “The Case for Social Righteousness,” Cynthia Rigby
- “Justice as a Spiritual Practice,” Douglas Mitchell
- “Why I Support #OWS as a Reformed Theologian,” W. Travis McMaken
Practicing Church in the World
- “Eco-Villages: A Labor Not in Vain,” Ruth Farrell
- “Pulpit as a Forum for the Restoration of Government” – Reflections from Kenya, Timothy Njoya
- “To a God Unknown: Social Media as the New Agora,” Patrick David Heery
- “Eugene Carson Blake’s Social Creed: Leadership and Content,” Chris Iosso
- “A New Organizing Model for the PC(U.S.A.) Office of Public Witness: Young Adult Participation Is Essential for a New Era of Political Advocacy,” J. Herbert Nelson, II
- “Advocacy: Living a Public Faith” – Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations, W. Mark Koenig
- “Justice Meets Evangelism,” Paul Seebeck (Presbyterians Today)
Preaching Church in the World: Reflections with Scripture
- “Confessing the Beatitudes: Greatly Honored Are Those Who Are Famished and Parched for Justice!” Margaret Aymer
- “,” Jeffrey Krehbiel
- “The Public Square as Sacred Space,” Shannon Daley-Harris