Radical Reconciliation: Beyond Political Pietism and Christian Quietism

by Allan Boesak, Curtiss Paul DeYoung

Overview

Everyone supports "reconciliation." But too often calls for reconciliation fall short of uprooting injustice, and thus fail to accomplish the work required. Such initiatives usually favor the rich and powerful while depriving the powerless of justice and dignity. The result, according to Allan Boesak and Curtiss DeYoung, is "political pietism." And when Christians refuse to name this situation for what it is, they are practicing a form of "Christian quietism."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781570759765
Publisher:	Orbis Books
Publication date:	08/01/2012
Pages:	208
Sales rank:	143,841
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.50(d)

Table of Contents

Foreword-Archbishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu vii

Introduction 1

Part I Reconciliation Redefined 7

1 Reconciliation in the Empire: Real, Radical, Revolutionary (DeYoung) 9

2 Reconciliation, Risk, and Resistance: The Story of Rizpah (Boesak) 25

Part II Jesus Christ Reclaimed 41

3 Jesus the Radical Reconciler: Two Takes, One Perspective (DeYoung/Boesak) 43

4 "Just Another Jew in the Ditch": Incarnated Reconciliation (Boesak) 57

Part III Beloved Communities Restored 75

5 Reconciliation in Diverse Congregations: Restoring the Beloved Community (DeYoung) 77

6 Between Reitz, a Rock, and a Hard Place: Reconciliation after the Reitz Event (Boesak) 93

Part IV Just Societies Realized 113

7 When Prophets Are Silenced, Injustice Prevails (DeYoung) 115

8 Subversive Piety: The Reradicalization of Desmond Tutu (Boesak) 131

Conclusion: Beyond Political Pietism and Christian Quietism (DeYoung/Boesak) 151

Acknowledgements 159

Endnotes 161

Bibliography 183

Index 193