Free for All (emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith): Rediscovering the Bible in Community

by Tim Conder, Daniel Rhodes

Overview

Is our study of the Bible as pure as we think it is? In Free for All, Tim Conder and Daniel Rhodes show how the way we read the Bible is held captive by the dominant culture in which we find ourselves. They aim to expose the cultural authorities that influence our understanding of the Bible and provide a way for communities to encounter the text as communities. This journey into community interpretation of the Bible not only honors the text and liberates its voice, but also catalyzes transformative practices of proclamation, hospitality, ethics, mission, and imagination.
Church leaders, pastors, small group leaders, and those interested in the emerging church conversation will find Free for All an energizing resource to infuse their study of God's Word with new life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781441204523
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	08/01/2009
Series:	emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	599 KB

About the Author

Tim Conder is a founding member of Emergent Village, the founding pastor of emerging church plant Emmaus Way in Raleigh/Durham, and the author of The Church in Transition. Conder lives in Durham, North Carolina.

Daniel Rhodes is a pastor at Emmaus Way and a ThD student at Duke Divinity School. Rhodes lives in Durham, North Carolina.
Tim Conder is a founding member of Emergent Village, the founding pastor of emerging church plant Emmaus Way in Raleigh/Durham, and the author of The Church in Transition. Conder lives in North Carolina.
Daniel Rhodes is a pastor at Emmaus Way and a ThD student at Duke Divinity School. Rhodes lives in North Carolina.

Table of Contents

Introduction 11

Part 1 Embracing the Text

1 Boundaries and Biases: The Lenses of Interpretation 21

2 Recovering the Word in the Bible: A Living Word 43

3 Let the Chaos Begin: The Hermeneutics of Peoplehood 65

Part 2 Turning to the Text

4 An Interpreting Community 83

5 The Word in the Obscure-Genesis 34: The Rape of Dinah 89

6 The Word in Pain and Joy-Psalm 22: The Cry of Dereliction and a Song of Deliverance 109

7 The Word in the Familiar-The Gossman Passion: An Artistic Engagement 122

8 The Word in Controversy-Romans 1: Asking and Telling in the Church 131

Part 3 The Intersection of Text and Community

9 Proclamation: The Liberation of Our Voices 153

10 Ethics: Practicing New Creation 176

11 Hospitality: Setting a Subversive Table 194

12 Mission: From Defense to Offense 210

13 Imagination: Exploding the Bounded Set of Our Minds 231

Notes 249