 | By the Rivers of Babylon Subjects: Immigrants; Minorities; Church work with immigrants; Church work with minorities; Emigration and immigration; Church and minorities; The language of exile, focused with theological and biblical narratives and coupled with depictions of real-life exilic communities, can equip church leaders as agents in the creation of new communities. Robert Hoch reads the larger North American tradition of Christian worship and mission through the prism of visibly marginalized communities. Through this lens, leaders may come to see diversity as an indication of mission vitality, and focus less on assimilating people and more on the future promises of God and the manifold textures of incarnation. Robert P. Hoch is associateprofessor of homiletics and worship at the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary. He is author of Breathing Patterns: A Teacher"s Reflections on Calling, Equipping, and Sending (2010) and a contributor to New Proclamation . |
