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A Graceful Embrace.
This book significantly deepens the contemporary discussion of the theology and practice of adopting children. Though adoption appears prominently in Scripture, contemporary adoption practice has thus far proceeded without serious theological engagement. This book seeks to fill this gap by offering...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boston :
BRILL,
2017.
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| Colección: | Theology in Practice Ser.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Contents; Foreword; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Part 1: Adoption: A Theological Account; Chapter 1. On Language, Children and God: Naming, Dominion and Domination; Chapter 2. Why Christians Should (Not) Choose Adoption; Chapter 3. Belonging: A Theological and Moral Inquiry into Adoption; Chapter 4. Entrusted for Creaturely Life within God's Story
- The Ethos of Adoption in Theological Perspective; Chapter 5. Adoption in Christian Social Ethics: Reflections from a German Perspective; Chapter 6. The Importance of Knowing Where You Come from.
- Part 2: Explorations in Living out AdoptionChapter 7. Why Would I Look for My Parents?: Living Peaceably with the Only Family I Have; Chapter 8. Why is Adoption Such a Difficult Choice? A Practical Theology Inquiry; Chapter 9. Identity and the Adoption Triad; Chapter 10. Theological Reflection on Inter-country Adoptions of Special Needs Children from Mainland China; Chapter 11. Unnatural Ties: How Adoption Queers the Family; Chapter 12. Embraced in God's Trembling-Womb Love: A Theology of Adoption; Chapter 13. Between Ascension and Pentecost: A Theology of Adoption.
- Chapter 14. Jonathan and Me: Constructing a Movie, Constructing OurselvesReferences; Index.