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Proper 11B / Ordinary 16B / Pentecost +8
July 19, 2015
Brueggemann, Walter, "Rethinking Church Models through Scripture," Theology Today, 1991.
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EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials"There is no one single or normative model of church life. It is dangerous and distorting for the church to opt for an absolutist model that it insists upon in every circumstance. Moreover, we are more prone to engage in such reductionism, if we do not keep alive a conversation concerning competing and conflicting models. Or to put it positively, models of the church must not be dictated by cultural reality, but they must be voiced and practiced in ways that take careful account of the particular time and circumstance into which God's people are called. Every model of the church must be critically contextual. "
Long, William R., "Expository Articles: Ephesians 2:11-22," Interpretation, 1991.
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“When time merges into eternity, the only thing left of history will be this temple that God has built, the church of Jesus Christ, the people in whom God dwells. The rescue will have been completed.”
Harrell, Daniel M., "Living by the Word: Mark 6:30-34, 53-56," The Christian Century, 2009.
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EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials“The shepherd metaphor derives from the vocation itself— one that required strength, commitment and self-sacrifice.”
Toppin, Shirlyn, "'Soul Food' Theology: Pastoral Care and Practice through the Sharing of Meals: A Womanist Reflection," Black Theology, 2006.
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Abstract: “This paper is a reflection on the dynamics of shared meals in African Caribbean and African American contexts where pastoral care and practice is exhibited. Moreover, the foods that are prepared and shared are indicative of the cultural identity of Black people, which was inherited from their African ancestors and passed on to succeeding generations. Due to issues of continuity and discontinuity in cultural expression within Diasporan African communities, many scholars have argued for the maintenance of these socio-rcligious traditions as a vital component for preserving identity and communal praxis. The impetus for this research arose from the contextual and experiential engagement with a Black majority inner-city church in East London. Using my own experiences as a first point of departure, I have attempted to juxtapose the socio-cultural and religious practices that are evident in the Caribbean and transferred through migration to inner-city London, with the comparative experiences of African American people by means of an analysis of the African American film Soul Food.”
Zink-Sawyer, Beverly, "Between Text & Sermon: Mark 6:30-34," Interpretation, 1997.
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EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials“This text is often ignored by commentators on their way to addressing the more substantial miracle story of the feeding of the five thousand that follows. To do so, however, is to miss a brief but revealing glimpse of the example of Jesus, an example we as his disciples are compelled to emulate.”
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