Just Hospitality: God's Welcome in a World of Difference

Just Hospitality: God's Welcome in a World of Difference

In this, her last book, theologian Letty Russell redefines the commonly held notion of hospitality as she challenges her readers to consider what it means to welcome the stranger. In doing so, she implores persons of faith to join the struggles for justice.

Rather than an act of limited, charitable welcome, Russell maintains that true hospitality is a process that requires partnership with the â€œotherâ€ in our divided world. The goal is â€œjust hospitality,â€ that is, hospitality with justice.

Russell draws on feminist and postcolonial thinking to show how we are colonized and colonizing, each of us bearing the marks of the history that formed us. With an insightful analysis of the power dynamics that stem from our differences and a constructive theological theory of difference itself, Russell proposes concrete strategies to create a more just practice of hospitality.

With careful attention, she writes, we can build a network of hospitality that is truthful about our mistakes and inequities, yet determined to resist the contradictions that drive us apart. This kind of genuine solidarity requires us to cast off oppression and domination in order to truly welcome the stranger. Russellâ€™s lasting message is a highly practical theology for both the academy and the church. The book contains questions for study and reflection.
Country USA
Brand Westminster John Knox Press
Manufacturer Westminster John Knox Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber black & white illustrations
ReleaseDate 2009-04-16
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780664233150

Country	USA
Brand	Westminster John Knox Press
Manufacturer	Westminster John Knox Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	black & white illustrations
ReleaseDate	2009-04-16
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780664233150

Just Hospitality: God's Welcome in a World of Difference

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