Discovering Kenarchy

Contemporary Resources for the Politics of Love

Roger Haydon Mitchell, Julie Tomlin Arram, Mitchell, Arram

• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN:
  9781498200608
• eBook ISBN:
  9781498200615
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christian Church

This book is a bold attempt to present a love-based personal and corporate politics fit for the coming decades of the twenty-first century. Taking as its starting point the love for friends, neighbors, and enemies embodied in the life of Jesus and recognized both inside and outside the church, this book sets out a contemporary practical politics called kenarchy that has already positively impacted many lives. Its contributors set out the key components of kenarchy, challenging the reader to confront the norms of personal rights, security, and economic gain with a love for "the other" that restores a female world perspective lost over generations of patriarchal dominance. Discovering Kenarchy is the promised response to the inevitable disintegration of the partnership of church and sovereign power outlined in its companion volume, The Fall of the Church. It is an inspirational resource for all those who desire to fill the emerging new political space with a loving, just, and practical alternative to the devaluation of human life by global capitalism and the reactionary religious and racist behavior that threatens the common good.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• List of Contributors
• Foreword
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: The Heart of Love
• Chapter 2: The Instatement of Women
• Chapter 3: The Gift of Woman
• Chapter 4: Criminal Justice on the Margins
• Chapter 5: The Politics of Gift
• Chapter 6: Kenarchy and Healthcare
• Chapter 7: Seeking the Shalom of the City. . .
• Chapter 8: Kenarchy and an Eschatological Hope
• Bibliography