{"product_id":"the-church-for-the-world-jennifer-mcbride-9780199367948","title":"The Church for the World: A Theology of Public Witness","description":"Drawing on the writings of German pastor-theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Jennifer M. McBride constructs a groundbreaking theology of public witness for Protestant church communities in the United States. In contrast to the triumphal manner in which many Protestants have engaged the public sphere, \u003cem\u003eThe Church for the World \u003c\/em\u003eshows how the church can offer a nontriumphal witness to the lordship of Christ through repentant activity in public life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter investigating current Christian conceptions of witness in the United States, McBride offers a new theology for repentance as public witness, based on Bonhoeffer's thought concerning Christ, the world, and the church. McBride takes up Bonhoeffer's proposal that repentance may be reinterpreted \"non-religiously,\" expanding and challenging common understandings of the concept. Finally, she examines two church communities that exemplify ecclesial commitments and practices rooted in confession of sin and repentance. Through these communities she demonstrates that confession and repentance may be embodied in various ways yet also discerns distinguishing characteristics of a redemptive public witness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Church for the World\u003c\/em\u003e offers important insights about Christian particularity and public engagement in a pluralistic society as it provides a theological foundation for public witness that is simultaneously bold and humble: when its mode of being in the world is confession of sin unto repentance, the church demonstrates Christ's redemptive work and becomes a vehicle of concrete redemption.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer McBride\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0199367949\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199367948\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.80d","brand":"Jennifer McBride","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43914267853055,"sku":"9780199367948","price":42.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_e2eb000b-3093-4054-ba41-1a34ee05f5f5.jpg?v=1680641313","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-church-for-the-world-jennifer-mcbride-9780199367948","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}