Book Study
CURRENT Study
Join host Greg Thompson as we discuss Miroslav Volf’s Exclusion and Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation.
Life in the twenty-first century presents a disturbing reality. Otherness, the simple fact of being different in some way, has come to be defined as in and of itself evil. Miroslav Volf contends that if the healing word of the gospel is to be heard today, Christian theology must find ways of speaking that address the hatred of the other. Is there any hope of embracing our enemies? Of opening the door to reconciliation? Reaching back to the New Testament metaphor of salvation as reconciliation, Volf proposes the idea of embrace as a theological response to the problem of exclusion.
April 3 – May 8
Thursdays at 7-8:30pm CT
Previous Books And Studies
The Ballot and the Bible by Kaitlyn Schiess
Just Discipleship: Biblical Justice in an Unjust World by Michael Rhodes
Our Unforming: De-Westernizing Spiritual Formation by Cindy S. Lee
Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Voices of Lament: Reflections on Brokenness and Hope in a World Longing for Justice edited by Natasha Sistrunk Robinson
Rediscipling the White Church by David Swanson
Soul Care in African American Practice by Barbara Peacock
Four Weeks Practicing Lament: Scriptures, articles, poetry, and songs about the spiritual practice of LAMENT.
Reparations: A Christian Call for Repentance and Repair by Duke Kwon and Gregory Thompson
Jesus and the Disinherited by Howard Thurman
Who We Are
Our Book Study is an informal community of readers led by Center Advisory Board member Gregory Thompson.
What We Do
We gather around a book we have selected for its relevance to the Center’s focus on growing in love of God, neighbor, and self. Our studies last anywhere from four to eight weeks, depending on the book. We connect once a week on Zoom for 90 minutes, typically in the evening. Many of our members also participate in the Center Community Group, a more general space for connection and peer-based learning