Introduction: Sebastian C.H. Kim & Pauline Kollontai PART I: Perspectives on Community Identity 1. Theological Identity in Postmodernity through a Literary Lens Sue Yore 2. Binary Reciprocity: Karl Barth, Christological Identity and the Politics of Recognition Richard Andrew 3. Transplanting Religion: Defining Community and Expressing Identity Pauline Kollontai 4. Community and society: John Macmurray (1891-1976) and New Labour Esther McIntosh 5. Paradigm, Community and Theological Education: A Study of Theological Education with reference to the work of Thomas S. Kuhn and David H. Kelsey Gary Wilton 6. Differing Concepts of Community Identity: Debates over the 'Racial and Religious Hatred Bill' Sebastian C.H. Kim PART II: Community Identity in local Contexts 7. Marian Shrines in Yorkshire and Roman Catholic Identity Chris Maunder 8. Moving Mountains: the Carmelite Community's Development of an Identity in York Johan Bergström-Allen and Antony Lester 9. Contemporary Anglican York: Denominational Identity Association and Affiliation Greg Hoyland 10. York's Evangelicals and Charismatics - An Emergent Free Market in Voluntarist Religious Identities Rob Warner 11. Identity and Religion in Yorkshire Fishing Communities Stephen Friend 12. An examination of the Sikh community in York Richard Noake 13. Adolescent attitudes in York towards Muslims and Islam A.A. Brockett. N. Noret, S. Harenwall, P.D. Baird, I. Rivers
Examines the influence of religious identity on the wider social community from the perspective of theology and religious studies.
Sebastian Kim is Robert Wiley Professor of Renewal in Public Life and Academic Dean for the Korean Studies Center, Fuller Theological Seminary, USA Pauline Kollontai, Deputy Dean in the Faculty of Theology and Education, York St John University, UK.
'This book makes an important contribution to an under-researched field ... We look forward to more such material from these and other authors.' Theology, May 2009
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