Blessed and Beautiful: Multiethnic Churches and the Preaching that Sustains Them: 4 (Lloyd John Ogilvie Institute of Preaching) - Softcover

Lamb, Lisa Washington

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1620328127 ISBN 13: 9781620328125

Publisher: Cascade Books, 2014

Synopsis

Colleges can do it. Hospitals can do it. Workplaces can do it. Why does the church in the United States still find it so difficult to integrate across racial and ethnic divides? In Blessed and Beautiful Lisa Lamb trains her sights on one often overlooked facet of forging life together: the magnetic power of shared memories. Those common narratives bind ethnic groups together and keep them apart. This book explores the sociological and theological dimensions of social memory and considers the particularly powerful tool preaching could be for shaping individuals who are willing to risk remembering their people's past in church and for shaping churches capable of hearing those stories. While keenly aware of the complex dynamics involved, Lamb ultimately gives pastors and other church leaders a glimmer of hope as they seek to build reconciled communities of faith.

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About the Author

Lisa Lamb has taught preaching at Fuller Theological Seminary and is an ordained minister with the Presbyterian Church (USA). She served on staff with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at UC Santa Cruz and at Harvard University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1620328127
• ISBN 13: 9781620328125
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 222