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Spirituality of the Beatitudes: Matthew's Vision for the Church in an Unjust World
The Beatitudes offer a summary of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount - a succinct summary of his essential teaching. In probing the meaning of these eight verses, Michael Crosby cuts to the heart of Matthew's Gospel: a spiritual message that is at once personal and deeply social. Crosby posits that Matthew's Gospel was written for a more affluent church community. As such, his Gospel offers a particularly telling challenge to First-World Christians. To pray in the spirit of the Beatitudes is to answer a radical call to conversion: a journey into God's Reign of peace, justice, mercy, and renewal.
240 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2005
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March 9, 2023
first published in 1980, not 2005. Goodreads incorrect.
Author invokes beatitudes for social justice reform, basically socialism. Sharing the earth's resources repeated throughout, and invoked beatitudes for structural changes, along with personal application of the beatitudes in daily living. Didn't buy into his arguments; got insights into the mind of a Capuchin Franciscan friar. My first glimpse of Liberation Theology ideas in a book.
Author invokes beatitudes for social justice reform, basically socialism. Sharing the earth's resources repeated throughout, and invoked beatitudes for structural changes, along with personal application of the beatitudes in daily living. Didn't buy into his arguments; got insights into the mind of a Capuchin Franciscan friar. My first glimpse of Liberation Theology ideas in a book.
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