| Description |
ix, 244 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. The relevance of Matthew's gospel -- The context of Matthew's gospel -- The problems facing Matthew's community-in-transition and contemporary life -- The hermeneutic circle: Biblical spirituality and personal biography -- The challenge of structural analysis for biblical biography -- The circle of care and Matthew's message -- 2. Whose is the reign of God? -- What God's reign is not -- Redefining God's reign -- Authority in the world's rule and God's reign -- The conflict between two authorities over their central projects -- Entering God's reign by the way of perfection -- 3. Blessed are the poor in spirit -- What poor in spirit is not -- Poverty in spirit, the Anawim, and abandonment -- Analyzing social structures and cultural addictions -- Creating communities to challenge cultural addictions: The twelve steps to sanity in an insane society -- 4. Blessed are those who mourn; they shall be comforted -- Jesus, the compassionate healer, touching a broken world -- Mourning and comfort in our individual lives -- Mourning and comfort in our relationships -- Mourning over structures to bring comfort -- 5. Blessed are the meek; they shall inherit the land -- Jesus, the meek one, inheriting the land -- Spirituality: Integrating word and world, prayer and ministry -- Biblical spirituality in our land -- Our wealth and biblical land -- Meekness and violence: Two ways of living in the land -- 6. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice; they shall be satisfied -- The constitutive and normative dimensions of justice -- Challenging the lie, the obstacle to justice -- Religious acts and the promotion of justice -- Not being satisfied until justice is fulfilled -- 7. Blessed are those who show mercy; they shall receive mercy -- Mercy: The sign of God's perfection and care -- Mercy: The foundations for word and worship -- The lack of mercy and eucharistic fidelity -- The lack of mercy, anger, and the quality of care -- 8. Blessed are the pure of heart; they shall see God -- Surface obstacles to achieving purity of heart -- The call to move beyond the surface by entering the circle of care -- The response to the call: Ritualizing care in the ascetical life -- The blessedness of seeing God -- 9. Blessed are the peacemakers; they shall be called God's children -- Jesus: Sign of God's favor and messianic peace -- Ministry, fidelity to God's will, and the experience of peace -- Making peace in a warful world -- Three steps for making peace in community life -- 10. Blessed are those persecuted for justice' sake; the reign of God is theirs -- Persecution from the world and fidelity to the Beatitudes -- Persecution from the world and prophetic witness -- Prophetic spirituality and the life of discipleship -- The commission to be prophets in an unjust world. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Subject |
Beatitudes.
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| ISBN |
0883444658 paperback |
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