Safeguarding the Stranger: An Abrahamic Theology and Ethic of Protective Hospitality - Softcover

Reaves, Jayme R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0718895029 ISBN 13: 9780718895020

Publisher: Lutterworth Press, 2017

Synopsis

A theological exploration of protective hospitality in the three Abrahamic faiths and the lessons that can be learned for conflict resolution. In our troubled world, protective hospitality is tragically necessary and requires informed shared action and belief on behalf of the threatened other. In Safeguarding the Stranger, Jayme R. Reaves argues that protective hospitality and its faith-based foundations, as seen in the Abrahamic traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, merit greater theological attention. Reaves shows that the practice of protective hospitality in Christianity can be enhanced by a better understanding of Jewish and Muslim practices of hospitality, as well as of their codes and etiquettes related to honour. Safeguarding the Stranger draws on a contextual and political theological approach, informed by liberation and feminist theologies as viewed through the lens of a co-operative and complementary theological view, which is influenced by inter-religious, Abrahamic, and hospitable approaches to dialogue, forecasting the positive role that religions can play in resolving conflicts.

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About the Author

Dr Jayme R. Reaves is a public theologian based in the United Kingdom. Originally from the American South, she has worked in post-conflict former Yugoslavia and Northern Ireland and focuses on bridging the gap between theology, peacemaking, and reconciliation. She has a MDiv from Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, Virginia, an MPhil in Reconciliation and a PhD in Theology from Trinity College, University of Dublin.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lutterworth Press
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0718895029
• ISBN 13: 9780718895020
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 318