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The Holy Spirit and Public Life Empowering Ecclesial Praxis.

Mark J. Cartledge argues that the church is called to be truthful with love in the public spheres of society. It does this by being empowered by the Holy Spirit to engage critically and graciously for the sake of the common good.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Cartledge, Mark J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Fortress Academic, 2022.
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Key Terms and Preliminary Comments
  • Public Theology
  • Methodology
  • Outline of the Book
  • Notes
  • Part I: Frames of Reference
  • Chapter 1: Clashing Worldviews and Critical Companionship
  • Conflict, Reconciliation, and Citizenship
  • The Clash of Worldviews
  • The Contemporary Church and Its Worldview Clash
  • The Paraclete Sayings in the Gospel of John
  • Immediate Context
  • Paraclete Texts
  • John 14:26
  • John 15:26-27
  • John 16:7-11
  • John 16:12-15.
  • Pneumatology and Public Life
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Chapter 2: The Common Good
  • Public Faith and the "Common Good"
  • Roman Catholic Social Teaching and Public Theology
  • 1 Corinthians 12:4-11
  • The "Common Good" and Public Theology
  • Creation
  • Church
  • Kingdom of God
  • Pneumatology and Public Life
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Part II: Issues in Public Life
  • Chapter 3: Poverty and Health
  • Poverty and Health
  • The Nature of Poverty and Its Explanations
  • A Case Study in Poverty and Health: Portsmouth, Virginia, United States
  • The Ministry of Jesus and the Early Church.
  • The Gospel of Luke
  • The Lukan Mandate
  • Luke 4:16-21
  • The Acts of the Apostles
  • Implications for Ecclesial Praxis
  • The Role of Healing and Health in Public Debate
  • An Uneasy Relationship with the Political Powers
  • Compassion, Care, and the Informal Economy
  • Thinking about Slavery: Liberation, Healing, and Restoration
  • Possible Hermeneutical Blind Spots
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Chapter 4: Race and "Whiteness"
  • Theological Anthropology and Pneumatology
  • Experience of Being "White, Northern, and Working Class"
  • Theology of Race.
  • Pentecostal Readings of Race and the Day of Pentecost
  • Revisiting the Day of Pentecost and Race
  • Acts 2:1-13
  • Implications for Ecclesial Praxis
  • Universality and Particularity
  • Historical Factors
  • "White" Theology
  • Homogenization and "Whiteness"
  • Intersectionality
  • Grace and Pentecost
  • Truth and Love
  • Acts 2:43-47
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Chapter 5: Being Human and Sex Trafficking
  • Being Human
  • Power
  • Money
  • Sex
  • Time
  • Sex Trafficking
  • The Day of Pentecost
  • Implications for Ecclesial Praxis
  • The Prophetic Dimension
  • The Charismatic Dimension.
  • The Ecclesial Dimension
  • The Eschatological Dimension
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Chapter 6: Egalitarianism and Intimate Partner Violence
  • Intimate Partner Violence
  • The Global and National US Context
  • Abuser Profile
  • Abuse Cycle
  • Christianity
  • Abused Christian Women
  • Congregations
  • Pastors
  • 1 Corinthians 12:12-13: Spirit Baptism and the Body of Christ
  • 1 Corinthians 12:12-13
  • 1 Corinthians 11:3-16: Head Covering and Gender Relations
  • 1 Corinthians 11:3-16
  • Implications for Ecclesial Praxis
  • Egalitarian Communities of Peace.

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