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Claiming the Courageous Middle: Daring to Live and Work Together for a More Hopeful Future (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781540967046)
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xToday's political and cultural polarization has led to suspicion and animosity in our churches, our workplaces, and even our families. It has also led to a false sense that our options are limited to choosing a side. But there is a better way.
Shirley Mullen invites readers to claim the powerful, redemptive potential of the courageous middle. Far from being a place of bland averaging, moral cowardice, wobbling indecisiveness, or lazy indifference, the courageous middle is a place where thoughtful individuals work with urgency to foster attentive rather than dismissive listening in order to garner what is true and praiseworthy even from those with whom they disagree. Their Christian faith, which makes it impossible for them to align themselves fully with one side or the other, uniquely equips them to call their communities to imagine a more hopeful, grace-filled future.
This book offers a Christian theological framework for the work of "middle space" drawn from the Old and New Testaments. It also includes practical advice on how to prepare for this work, examples of those who have called their communities to alternatives beyond binary options, and discussion questions.
Author: Shirley A. Mullen
ISBN-10: 1540967042
ISBN-13: 9781540967046
Publisher: Baker Academic
Language: English
Published: 04/16/2024
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40d
Shirley Mullen invites readers to claim the powerful, redemptive potential of the courageous middle. Far from being a place of bland averaging, moral cowardice, wobbling indecisiveness, or lazy indifference, the courageous middle is a place where thoughtful individuals work with urgency to foster attentive rather than dismissive listening in order to garner what is true and praiseworthy even from those with whom they disagree. Their Christian faith, which makes it impossible for them to align themselves fully with one side or the other, uniquely equips them to call their communities to imagine a more hopeful, grace-filled future.
This book offers a Christian theological framework for the work of "middle space" drawn from the Old and New Testaments. It also includes practical advice on how to prepare for this work, examples of those who have called their communities to alternatives beyond binary options, and discussion questions.
Author: Shirley A. Mullen
ISBN-10: 1540967042
ISBN-13: 9781540967046
Publisher: Baker Academic
Language: English
Published: 04/16/2024
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40d
By Shirley A. Mullen
xShirley A. Mullen (PhD, University of Minnesota; PhD, University of Wales) is president emerita of Houghton University in Houghton, New York, where she served as president for 15 years. She spent four decades at the forefront of Christian higher education as a professor, administrator, and president. She continues to encourage the next generation of leaders through speaking and mentoring. Mullen also serves on the boards of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU), Fuller Theological Seminary, the National Association of Evangelicals, and the 1st Amendment Partnership.
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