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For the Sake of the Common Good : Essays in Honour of Lois Wilson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (273 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780228011781
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: For the Sake of the Common GoodDDC classification:
  • 261.83
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- For the Sake of the Common Good -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Editors' Introduction -- 1 Witness to God's Lament and Laughter: Personal Faith in Lois Wilson's Life and Work -- PART ONE ECUMENICAL AND INTERFAITH DEVELOPMENTS -- 2 Transformative Ecumenism: God's Mission and the Whole Inhabited World -- 3 Peace and Reconciliation on the Korean Peninsula: An Interchurch Project -- 4 Women's Voices, Pluralism, and the Common Good -- 5 The Common Good: Through the Lens of Canadian Muslim Women -- 6 Visio Divina -- PART TWO FAITH AND PUBLIC POLICY -- 7 Faith and Public Policy -- 8 Public Witness in the Local Urban Congregation -- 9 The Whole People of God: Being the Church in the World -- 10 Borders: Barriers and Blessings -- 11 Last in the Queue: Refugees and Displaced Persons in a Time of Covid-19, Climate Change, Conflict, and Corruption -- 12 From Creation Chaos to Creaturely Solidarity: The Comingling of Faith and the Fate of the Earth -- 13 All My Relations: Living Respectfully on the Earth with All Creation -- 14 Fishing Communities in Decline: An Impediment to the Common Good -- PART THREE HUMAN RIGHTS -- 15 A Not So Gay World: Confronting Religious-Based Discrimination -- 16 The Global Women's Movement: Gently Holding Each Other Up -- 17 Human Rights: The Fallacy of "Cancel Culture" and the Power of Solidarity -- 18 Resurgent Global Authoritarianism, Democratic Backsliding, and the Assault on Media Freedom: Through the Looking Glass of Political Prisoners -- Afterword -- Contributors -- Index.
Summary: This book is a tribute to Lois Wilson, bringing together essays by prominent figures who have worked alongside her and who have been influenced by her practical Christianity, progressive values, and commitment to ending oppression. The collection acknowledges her inspiring legacy while taking on the important task of continuing her work.
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Cover -- For the Sake of the Common Good -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Editors' Introduction -- 1 Witness to God's Lament and Laughter: Personal Faith in Lois Wilson's Life and Work -- PART ONE ECUMENICAL AND INTERFAITH DEVELOPMENTS -- 2 Transformative Ecumenism: God's Mission and the Whole Inhabited World -- 3 Peace and Reconciliation on the Korean Peninsula: An Interchurch Project -- 4 Women's Voices, Pluralism, and the Common Good -- 5 The Common Good: Through the Lens of Canadian Muslim Women -- 6 Visio Divina -- PART TWO FAITH AND PUBLIC POLICY -- 7 Faith and Public Policy -- 8 Public Witness in the Local Urban Congregation -- 9 The Whole People of God: Being the Church in the World -- 10 Borders: Barriers and Blessings -- 11 Last in the Queue: Refugees and Displaced Persons in a Time of Covid-19, Climate Change, Conflict, and Corruption -- 12 From Creation Chaos to Creaturely Solidarity: The Comingling of Faith and the Fate of the Earth -- 13 All My Relations: Living Respectfully on the Earth with All Creation -- 14 Fishing Communities in Decline: An Impediment to the Common Good -- PART THREE HUMAN RIGHTS -- 15 A Not So Gay World: Confronting Religious-Based Discrimination -- 16 The Global Women's Movement: Gently Holding Each Other Up -- 17 Human Rights: The Fallacy of "Cancel Culture" and the Power of Solidarity -- 18 Resurgent Global Authoritarianism, Democratic Backsliding, and the Assault on Media Freedom: Through the Looking Glass of Political Prisoners -- Afterword -- Contributors -- Index.

This book is a tribute to Lois Wilson, bringing together essays by prominent figures who have worked alongside her and who have been influenced by her practical Christianity, progressive values, and commitment to ending oppression. The collection acknowledges her inspiring legacy while taking on the important task of continuing her work.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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