Bøger af Joerg Rieger

With contributions by Paulo Ayres Mattos, Helmut Renders, and José Carlos de Souza, this book invites you to rethink core concepts of the Christian faith in the invigorating, life-giving light of grace that has the power to change everything. We all live with the pressures of life; but those at the margins, at the edges, the fringes of society struggle mightily. Our thinking about God, our theology, is rooted in the bloody tooth and claw of gritty existence. Those of us who enjoy the privileges of life are too easily preoccupied with ourselves, our problems, our idiosyncratic view of self and other. Without grace, we cannot formulate hopes and dreams for the future; and the church, as the community of faith, cannot make a difference and transform the world. Without re-envisioning our self-serving images of God, we exist as a people without a vision and many are already perishing. This book is not about religion or morality. It is about grace, grace that works in the midst of pressure to liberate us in sync with the struggles of others around the world for liberation. Thus we can authentically experience God and others in the midst of the everyday not just on the mountaintop.

Distancing himself from liberals and conservatives but also pointing to the uselessness of a middle way, Rieger explores the theology of grace in situations of human pressure. Following John Wesley in his move to consider the 'works of mercy' as part of the means of grace, the author proposes to us a relational concept of grace that will prosper in dialogue and solidarity with those in distress, the oppressed 'other' who make present the gracious 'Other.'

Within the pages of this book, an international group of Methodist scholars are united in the belief that another church and another world are not only necessary but possible. Holiness traditions, even though at times addressing matters too narrowly and at other times to triumphantly, are in agreement that the status quo in both church and world can be improved upon significantly. The question is not whether but how does this happen and how far does it go. Amidst ongoing discussions of reforms, reformations, and revolutions, this volume argues that comprehensive transformations are afoot. Our expectations are not built on shallow optimism or wide-spread beliefs in progress; they are built on evangelical expectations and holiness histories as they have shaped up since the beginnings of evangelical holiness movements. Recent decades, in particular, have rekindled broader perspectives that push beyond reductionistic focuses on individuals, closed communities, or particular church bodies. The hope of the gospel that is at the heart of the Methodist evangelical holiness traditions needs to be tested and verified in concrete transformations, which will be spelled out in the chapters of this book.

Globalizaci├│n es la palabra clave de nuestro tiempo, la cual refiere a la interdependencia que nos afecta a todos. Pero a menudo nos enfrentamos a la globalizaci├│n con una ambivalencia extrema, con sus consecuencias tanto positivas como negativas para la econom├¡a, la pol├¡tica y la cultura. Joerg Rieger se├▒ala que incluso la propia teolog├¡a puede ser una manifestaci├│n de la globalizaci├│n. En el peor de los casos, la teolog├¡a puede ser un reflejo del imperialismo intelectual occidental, y en el mejor de los casos, fomentar una visi├│n convincente de la diversidad dentro de la unidad. El autor articula una teolog├¡a de la globalizaci├│n como un fen├│meno diverso que respeta las diferentes formas de ver y conocer, fomentando as├¡ el sentido de armon├¡a en lugar de la homogeneidad.Traducido por Marisa Strizzi.Publicado por JUANUNO1 Ediciones, en acuerdo con GEMRIP www.gemrip.org

Occupy Religion introduces readers to the growing role of religion in the Occupy Movement and asks provocative questions about how people of faith can work for social justice. From the temperance movement to the Civil Rights movement, churches have played key roles in important social movements, and Occupy Religion shows this role is no less critical today.