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Postcolonial studies has challenged the Eurocentric frameworks and methodologies in the fields of biblical studies and theology. Postcolonial Practice of Ministry is a groundbreaking anthology that enables a new engagement between postcolonial and practical theologies, focused on three key areas of the practice of ministry: pastoral leadership, liturgical celebration, and interfaith engagement. Postcolonial Practice of Ministry will make an impact in at least two areas of theological reflection: first, among postcolonial scholars, it will stretch postcolonial theology into an area where it has been neglected; second, it will provide a comprehensive resource for rethinking the practice of ministry. Contributors to this volume are well-known scholars from different racial, national, and denominational backgrounds, bringing with them experiences of hybrid identities and multicultural churches. Many of them are pioneers in introducing postcolonial discourse to their fields.

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Author:   Kwok Pui-lan ,  Kwok Pui-lan ,  Stephen Burns ,  Stephen Burns
Publisher:   Lexington Books
Imprint:   Lexington Books
Dimensions:   Width: 15.90cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.526kg
ISBN:  

9781498534482

ISBN 10:   1498534481
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   13 July 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Postcolonial Practice of Ministry, Stephen Burns I. Pastoral Leadership 1. “Borrowed Clothes Will Never Keep You Warm”: Postcolonializing Pastoral Leadership, Emmanuel Yartekwei Lartey 2. Literacies of Listening: Postcolonial Pastoral Leadership in Practice, Melinda A. McGarrah Sharp 3. Metropolitan Community Church as Messy Space for Revisioning the Other Side of Pastoral Ministry, Mona West 4. In Conversation: Womanist/Postcolonial/Pastoral, Stephanie Mitchem II. Liturgical Celebration 5. Postcolonial Practices on Eucharist, HyeRan Kim-Cragg 6. Table Habits, Liturgical Pelau, and Displacing Conversation: A Postcolonial Excursion, Michael N. Jagessar 7. Prayer Books, Postcolonialism, Power, and Politics: Some Thoughts from an Antipodean Indigenous Laywoman, Jenny Te Paa Daniel 8. Church Music in Postcolonial Liturgical Celebration, Lim Swee Hong 9. Praying Each Other’s Prayers: An Interreligious Dialogue, Cláudio Carvalhaes III. Interfaith Collaboration 10. Postcolonial Interreligious Learning: A Reflection from a North American Christian Perspective, Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook 11. Dynamics of Interfaith Collaborations in Postcolonial Asia: Prospects and Opportunities, Jonathan Y. Tan 12. Postcolonializing “Mission-Shaped Church”: The Church of England and Postcolonial Diversity, Jenny Daggers 13. Womanist Interfaith Dialogue: Inter, Intra, and All the Spaces in Between, Melanie L. Harris Epilogue: Kwok Pui-lan

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A truly landmark volume! And a book absolutely essential for moving postcolonial 'theory' beyond the hallowed halls of the Western academy and into the world. This wonderful collection weds two endeavors-postcolonial theology and practical theology-to disrupt colonization and imperialism on the ground and portray what a de-colonizing Christian theology and faith might look like in everyday life, religious practices, and ministry. -- Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore, Vanderbilt University Divinity School Postcolonial Practice of Ministry is a first and much-needed anthology that offers the lens of postcolonial perspectives to inform and revise practices of ministry such as care, liturgy, and interfaith collaboration. The editors' introduction and epilogue offer an engaging orientation to postcolonial thought. Each chapter is an invitation on the journey of decolonizing our Western minds and hearts to imagine more expansively practices of ministry and theological wisdom shaped by the authenticity of our global diversity. I welcome the availability of this resource. -- Nancy Ramsay, Brite Divinity School

A truly landmark volume! And a book absolutely essential for moving postcolonial 'theory' beyond the hallowed halls of the Western academy and into the world. This wonderful collection weds two endeavors-postcolonial theology and practical theology-to disrupt colonization and imperialism on the ground and portray what a de-colonizing Christian theology and faith might look like in everyday life, religious practices, and ministry. -- Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore, Vanderbilt University Divinity School

Author Information

Kwok Pui-lan is William F. Cole Professor of Christian Theology and Spirituality at Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Stephen Burns is Stewart Distinguished Lecturer in Liturgical and Practical Theology, co-coordinator of ministerial formation, and associate dean of Trinity College Theological School, University of Melbourne, Australia.

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