And You Welcomed Me Presents A Collection Of Early Christian Texts Regarding Hospitality And Its Practices. The Range Of Excerpts Both In Time And Space Shows Just How Central A Role Hospitality Played In Christian Life Throughout The Early Centuries. Yet This Book Is Not A Set Of Instructions For Hospitality, Nor Does The Word 'hospitality' Even Appear In Many Of The Excerpts, And This In Itself Is Good Cause For Reflection For Us Today. The Excerpts Come From Letters, Diary Accounts, Instructions, Sermons, Travelogues, And Community Records And Rules. They Are Windows Into A World Of Early Communities That Saw It As Their Moral Duty And Also Privilege To Care For The Sick,to Safeguard The Pilgrim, And To Host The Stranger. Abram And Sarai Hosting The Three Angels At The Oaks Of Mamre, And Jesus And His Disciples Feeding The Crowds Are Two Familiar Biblical Examples, But This Book Also Delves Into Lesser Known Texts That Offer Rich Insights To Those Willing To Read And Then Integrate The Early Fathers' And Mothers' Wisdom And Hospitality Into Their Own Lives.--book Jacket. Hospitality And The Early Christian World -- For You Were Strangers In Egypt: Remembering Who We Are -- Having Eyes To See: Recognizing The Stranger -- And We Shall All Be Changed: The Spiritual Dynamics Of Hospitality -- Unbending Oneself: The Practices Of Hospitality -- Building A Place Of Hospitality: Forms Of Institutionalization -- The Communion Of Saints: Models Of Hospitality. Amy G. Oden, Editor. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 304-314) And Index.
Categories:
- History
- World
- Religious
- General
- Religious
- World
Publisher : ABNDP - Abingdon Press
Author : Oden, Amy G.
Language : English
Published :2001-12-01
Number Of Pages : 316
Binding : Paperback
ISBN-10 : 0687096715
ISBN-13 : 9780687096718
Item weight : 1.23 lb
Dimensions : 0.73 in x 6 in x 9 in
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