For Such a Time as This

Evanston Killings, Election, Ethics Consult

Kenneth L. Vaux

• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN:
  9781556359422
  9781498267298
• eBook ISBN:
  9781621898122
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christian Theology

This third volume of Ken Vaux's memoirs covers the calendar year of 2012 which focused on (1) teaching in the Evanston church as this body struggled to be both evangelical in theology and oriented to social justice in the community. We searched together for having what it takes to be a "University Church"--preaching and teaching a credible and relevant message and living out a vital witness; seeking honest responses to issues in church and state such as homosexuality, embodying concern for the poor and lively ministry in the neighborhoods of the parish. (2) That community was confronted with belief crisis and ethical challenge during the year with eight gun-killings of young people. The churches now had to move beyond the prevalent complacency, confront the racisim and disregard for the poor disband the apartheid of the village that existed even in black and white Ministeria and get real with what an interfaith community had to do to leaven and heal its own backyard. (3) For Such a Time as This also deals with global and national political issues such as an unwinding war in Iraq and Afghanistan and a new one arising in Syria--biblical theology being put to the test--and the provocative election of 2012 as the theological imagination was stirred by candidates Obama and Romney.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Acknowledgments
• Part One
• Chapter 1: Election, 2012
• Chapter 2: Excursus: George McGovern
• Chapter 3: Booklet on 2012 Election and Excursus: Theology of the Presidential Candidates
• Chapter 4: Itinerary in Ohio: October 2012
• Chapter 5: Homily: Come Labor On
• Chapter 6: Superstorm Sandy
• Chapter 7: Sunday in the Park, or a First Corinthians Study
• Part Two
• Chapter 8: Election Countdown
• Chapter 9: Obama and Romney Election Night Speeches
• Chapter 10: Rachel Maddow’s Election Litany
• Chapter 11: Booklet on 2008 Election
• Chapter 12: Essay on Interfaith Hermeneutics
• Chapter 13: Aftermath of the Election
• Chapter 14: Advent Scriptural Reflections
• Chapter 15: More Shootings in Evanston, Illinois
• Chapter 16: Obama in Newtown
• Chapter 17: Homily, Second Presbyterian Church—Getting Bolder, Bigger, and Better
• Chapter 18: Excursus: Last Days of 2012