{"product_id":"radical-discipleship-jennifer-m-mcbride-9781506401898","title":"Radical Discipleship: A Liturgical Politics of the Gospel","description":"\u003cp\u003eReminiscent of Bonhoeffer's \u003cb\u003eDiscipleship\u003c\/b\u003e, Jennifer McBride's \u003cb\u003eRadical Discipleship \u003c\/b\u003eutilizes the liturgical seasons as a framework for engaging the social evils of mass incarceration, capital punishment, and homelessness, arguing that to be faithful to the gospel, Christians must become disciples of, not simply believers in, Jesus. The book arises out of McBride's extensive experience teaching theology in a women's prison while participating in a residential Christian activist and worshipping community. Arguing that disciples must take responsibility for the social evils that bar \"beloved community,\" Martin Luther King's term for a just social order, the promised kingdom of God, McBride calls for a dual commitment to the works of mercy and the struggle for justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis work seeks to form readers into an understanding of the social and political character of the good news proclaimed in the Gospels. Organically connecting liturgy with activism and theological reflection, McBride argues that discipleship requires that privileged Christians place their bodies in spaces of social struggle and distress to reduce the distance between themselves and those who suffer injustice, and stand in solidarity with those whom society deems guilty, despises, and rejectswhich makes discipleship radical as Christians take seriously the Jesus of the Gospels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer M. McBride\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1506401899\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781506401898\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fortress Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 279\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Jennifer M. McBride","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46670445248767,"sku":"9781506401898","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/radical-discipleship-jennifer-m-mcbride-9781506401898","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}