| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 210 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Founding community: Jesus and his friends -- Cultivating Christian friendship: conversations through history -- "God with us": friendship and remaining -- Exile: friendship and family -- Testimony: friendship and struggle -- Celebration: friendship and joy -- Christian friendship today: mustard seeds of hope. |
| Summary |
"Friendship isn't always given a lot of thought--and lately, it doesn't get a lot of time and effort, either. But in a world of busy and isolated lives, in which friendships can too easily become shallow, tenuous, and homogeneous, Dana Robert insists that good friendships are a vital and transformative part of the Christian life--a mustard seed of the kingdom of God. She believes Christians have the responsibility--and opportunity--to be countercultural by making friends across cultural, racial, socioeconomic, and religious lines that separate people from each other. In this book Robert tells the stories of Christians who, despite or even because of difficult circumstances, experienced friendship with people unlike themselves as 'God with us', as exile, as testimony, and as celebration."--Publisher statement |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Friendship -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Friendship -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
(OCoLC)fst00935185
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Robert, Dana Lee. Faithful friendships. Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2019 9780802825711 (DLC) 2019005486 (OCoLC)1078893506 |
| ISBN |
9781467457064 (electronic book) |
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146745706X (electronic book) |
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