Who is My Neighbour?: The Global and Personal Challange

by Richard Carter (Editor), Sam Wells (Editor)

Overview

Following Britain's decision to leave the European Union, and with increasing division, xenophobia, and confusion over future national and international relationships, this thought- and action-provoking book considers the crucial question: Who is my neighbor?
What does the Christian injunction to "love your neighbor as yourself" actually mean in practice today? Contributions by renowned theologians and practitioners reflect on this subject in relation to issues of poverty, ecology, immigration, fear, and discrimination, and the recent political upheavals both in Europe and the United States.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780281078400
Publisher:	InterVarsity Press
Publication date:	02/15/2018
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x (h) x 8.50(d)

About the Author

Richard Carter is associate vicar for mission at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, with special responsibility for the education program, international links, and hospitality. His previous books include In Search of the Lost: The Death and Life of Seven Peacemakers of the Melanesian Brotherhood.

Sam Wells is vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields. Formerly dean of Duke University Chapel, North Carolina, he is also visiting professor of Christian ethics at King’s College London. He has published over twenty books, including Hanging by a Thread: The Challenge of the Cross and How Then Shall We Live? Christian Engagement with Contemporary Issues .

Table of Contents

A note on contributors ix

Preface xi

Prologue: Remember you were a stranger Samuel Wells 1

1 The ethics of global relationships Rowan Williams 13

2 Politics as a form of neighbour love Luke Bretherton 31

3 My neighbour, President Trump Stanley Hauerwas 49

4 Beyond fear and discrimination Sarah Coakley 77

5 The cost of reconciliation Justin Welby 101

6 Welcoming angels unawares: Abraham, the stranger and the refugee crisis Megan Warner 119

7 Loving your neighbour as yourself Shulamit Ambalu 139

8 My neighbour and the ecological crisis Michael Northcott 157

9 My neighbour the refugee Sarah Teather 175

10 Whatever happened to the common good? Anna Rowlands 189

11 A better kind of politics Brendan Cox 199

12 My neighbour, God's gift Samuel Wells 221

Epilogue: My neighbour in Trafalgar Square Richard Carter 245