
Making Room, 25th anniversary edition
Recovering Hospitality as a Christian Tradition
- 237 pages
- English
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Making Room, 25th anniversary edition
Recovering Hospitality as a Christian Tradition
About this book
Hospitality is the heart of Christian ministry.
To the early Christians, hospitality was central to the gospel mission. This hospitality did not consist of entertaining neighbors, but welcoming the stranger, especially those who could not return the favor. Yet despite urgent need, hospitality has fallen by the wayside.
Christine Pohl's classic work,
Making Room, first spoke to this issue in 1999. And it is just as relevant today, with the refugee crisis, the rise in homelessness, and growing loneliness and isolation. This revitalized edition, with a new foreword and afterword by the author, introduces the theology of hospitality to a new generation. Pohl combines rich biblical and historical research with experience in contemporary Christian communities, including the Catholic Worker, L'Abri, Good Works, Inc., and others.
Pragmatic and thoughtful, Pohl deals frankly with both the blessings and the boundaries of hospitality. Readers will find a wealth of wisdom to revive authentic hospitality in their ministry.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Publisher’s Preface
- Preface to the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- I. Remembering our Heritage
- II. Reconsidering the Tradition
- III. Recovering the Practice
- Appendix: Communities of Hospitality
- Afterword
- Select Bibliography