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Strangers and Scapegoats: Extending God’s Welcome to Those on the Margins - Softcover

Vos

 
9781540965233: Strangers and Scapegoats: Extending God’s Welcome to Those on the Margins
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1540965236 ISBN 13: 9781540965233
Verlag: Baker Academic, 2022

Inhaltsangabe

A Christian sociologist explains how the problem of the stranger lies at the root of many problems humanity faces, such as racism, sexism, and nationalism, but an identity in Christ frees us to love strangers as neighbors and friends.

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Matthew S. Vos (PhD, University of Tennessee, Knoxville) is professor of sociology and chair of the department at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia, where he has taught since 2000. He serves as vice president for the Christian Sociological Association and as an associate editor for the Journal of Sociology and Christianity.

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"A timely response to the widening cultural divides between 'us' and 'them'"

Christian sociologist Matthew Vos explains how the problem of the stranger lies at the root of many problems humanity faces, such as racism, sexism, and nationalism, but an identity in Christ frees us to love strangers as neighbors and friends.

"I learned so much from reading Strangers and Scapegoats. We love to talk about diversity and the image of God, but Vos challenges us to consider what that actually looks like, what it costs, and the great reward of extending God's welcome to others."
--Aimee Byrd, author of The Sexual Reformation and Recovering from Biblical Manhood and Womanhood

"This bracing book is powerful, eye opening, and hope filled. It empowers us to be good news and a healing force in this hurting world."
--Carolyn Custis James, author of Half the Church: Recapturing God's Global Vision for Women and Malestrom: How Jesus Dismantles Patriarchy and Redefines Manhood

"A masterful fusion of classic sociology, analysis of contemporary social problems, and personal experience that will support and stimulate Christians toward loving their neighbors."
--Jenell Paris, Messiah University

"A great exploration of the truth that being considered a stranger is too often accompanied by physical, economic, emotional, and psychological harm. Vos asks us to see the gospel as a call to empty ourselves, particularly on behalf of those who are unfairly labeled as strangers and scapegoats."
--Steve Corbett, Covenant College

"A timely response to the widening cultural divides between 'us' and 'them.' Strangers and Scapegoats reminds Christians of our countercultural distinctive to welcome the stranger, to love our neighbor."
--Lisa Graham McMinn, George Fox University

"Vos develops a fresh lens by which to consider some of the most polarizing issues in the Christian community today related to gender, race, human sexuality, immigration, economic exploitation, and incarceration. This book will help you rediscover your own identity in Christ."
--Amanda W. Benckhuysen, director of Safe Church Ministry for the CRCNA

"Vos writes a Christian sociological study of the strangers and scapegoats in American and Western culture, holding up both a mirror to show us ourselves and a clear lens to show us how we view others--how we maintain our status by keeping strangers in a position that minimizes their threat to us. While readers may not completely agree with Vos's emphasis or interpretation of events, they will follow his cogent arguments with fascination and find themselves unable to stop reading. He holds us with his thorough research, wide scope of history, vivid narratives and descriptions, overpowering biblical allusions, and depth of insight. A must-read for sociology courses; it will spark discussion and debate."
--Mary J. Dengler, Dordt University (emeritus); editor of Pro Rege

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Verlag
Baker Academic
Erscheinungsdatum
2022
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1540965236
ISBN 13 
9781540965233
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
288
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