A Nazareth Manifesto : Being with God.

Intro -- A Nazareth Manifesto -- Contents -- Prologue: The Most Important Word -- Introduction: God Is With Us -- 1 Being With -- Argument -- Style -- Some Assumptions -- Forebears -- Notes -- 2 A Nazareth Manifesto -- Being With and its Alternatives -- Nazareth as a Theological Claim -- A Nazareth Manifesto -- Notes -- Part I Realignment -- 3 Reassessing the Human Predicament -- Introduction -- Mortality -- Poverty -- Isolation -- Why Alleviating Mortality Heightens Isolation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 4 Reconceiving the Divine Purpose -- A Congregation in Conflict -- Exasperation -- Impatience -- Difference -- Gospel -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Part II God is With Us -- 5 The Story of Jesus -- Sabbath -- Egypt and Babylon -- The Jordan -- The Cross -- Resurrection -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 6 The Stories of Jesus -- To whom was Jesus Talking? -- Who is Jesus? -- Who is the Samaritan? -- Who are We? -- Notes -- 7 Embodying the Story of Jesus -- The Pathos of Working For -- The Dynamics of Working With -- The Limitations of Being For -- Notes -- Part III Being With -- 8 God Being With God -- Presence -- Attention -- Mystery -- Delight -- Participation -- Partnership -- Enjoyment -- Glory -- Notes -- 9 God Being With Us -- Taking With for Granted -- Being With Us in Nazareth -- Whom Jesus is With -- How Jesus is With -- Notes -- 10 Being With One Another in Nazareth -- Being With One Another -- A Life Backwards -- Presence -- Attention -- Mystery -- Delight -- Participation -- Partnership -- Enjoyment -- Glory -- Looking Back to Nazareth -- Notes -- 11 Being With One Another in Galilee -- Galilee -- God's Hotel -- Slow Medicine -- Presence -- Attention -- Mystery -- Delight -- Participation -- Partnership -- Enjoyment -- Glory -- Notes -- 12 Being With One Another in Jerusalem -- George Bell -- Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

Being With One Another in Jerusalem -- Notes -- Part IV Explorations -- 13 Theological Ramifications -- Creation -- The Power and the Glory -- Atonement -- Eschatology -- Notes -- 14 Social Embodiments -- Seeking Nazareth -- The Plight of the Contemporary Nazareth -- The Capacities and Properties of Nazareth -- The Abundant Community as Nazareth -- Notes -- Part V Implications -- 15 The Transcendence of Justice -- The Problem with Justice -- Conventional Justice -- Going Beyond Justice -- Notes -- 16 The Transfiguration of Suffering -- Sources of Suffering -- Responses to Suffering -- Three Ways to Pray -- Beyond Being With -- Notes -- Epilogue: Magnificat -- Acknowledgments -- Afterword -- Scriptural Index -- Subject Index -- EULA.

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