Welcoming without Reserve
A Case in Christian Hospitality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10829612 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas E Reynolds (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 191-202 |
| Publication date | 2006-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theology Today (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-5736 • E-ISSN: 2044-2556 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/004057360606300205 |
| OpenAlex | W2066103897 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
In an interconnected and diverse world, Christians are called to hospitality. Yet this is no easy matter, for welcoming the stranger requires becoming vulnerable. A particular case in Christian hospitality illustrates the point. Hosting a Jewish funeral, a church community elected to cover its sanctuary's cross. While such an action can be seen as scandalous, an act of bad faith, I argue instead that it embodies hospitality—scandalous, indeed, but in a positive sense. On several accounts, this instance of covering the cross opens up new ways of thinking about being Christian in a religiously diverse world
Action (physics) · Cover (algebra) · Environmental ethics · Faith · Hospitality · Judaism · Political science · Sociology · Theology · Tourism · Engineering · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious Tourism and Spaces
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2024 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |