Mobilizing for the Common Good: The Lived Theology of John M. Perkins

Contents

CONTENTS foreword vii Ronald J. Sider introduction xiii Peter Slade PART I: RELOCATIONCONSIDERING THE JOURNEY The Black Apostle to White Evangelicals 3 Albert G. Miller The Church as Family and the Politics of Food Distribution 16 Lauren F. Winner Brotherhood and Its Limits 32 Ted Ownby A Quiet Revolution and the Culture Wars 60 Peter Slade PART II: REDISTRIBUTIONCHALLENGING THE CHURCH A Prophetic Vision in an Age of Profit 83 Paul Louis Metzger Between Two Gardens: An Organic Salvation for Community Development from the Biblical Narrative 93 Michael Andres vi contents Religionless Ecclesiology and the Missional Church 108 Peter Goodwin Heltzel and Christian T. Collins Winn “Lady, Give Me a Drink”: Reading Scripture, Shaping Community Development 123 Kelly West Figueroa-Ray Prophetic Ministry, the Prosperity Gospel, and Gentrification 130 Cheryl J. Sanders PART III: RECONCILIATIONCONTINUING THE JOURNEY Communities of Resurrection and the Transformation of Bodies 145 Chris Rice Love, Reconciliation, and the Solidarity of Pain 161 Mae Elise Cannon Only Love Wins: Justice and Public Policy 169 Lisa Sharon Harper Moving toward the Next Evangelicalism 176 Soong-Chan Rah Appendixes Let Justice Roll Down: A Conversation with John Perkins 189 Charles Marsh The Four Ministries of the Holy Spirit 203 Lowell Noble contributors 213 acknowledgments 217 index 218 ...