Staying at the Table: The Gift of Unity for United Methodists
Couldn't load pickup availability
About this book
Unity is a gift of God that involves us staying at the table to find common ground in "the extreme center." Talk of a United Methodist denominational split is not going away only intensifying. Unless we can go beneath the issues that divide us to find our common ground we will splinter or worse just argue ourselves into irrelevance and oblivion. Here Bishop Scott Jones reminds us that "the strength of Wesleyan doctrine is its ability to articulate holistic balanced and practical interpretation of Scripture. It is conservative in some ways and liberal in other ways; it occupies the extremem center and is totally opposed to the dead center. Tackling divisive issues such as homosexuality race and gender and authority of Scripture Jones shows the logical contours of the conversation by locating them in larger questions of doctrine and ecclesiology. He outlines the logic of our current position and explains why it is defensible while at the same time suggesting a logic for change. Responders include: William J. Abraham Lonnie D. Brooks Mary Brooke Casad Amy DeLong Sudarshana Devadhar Sally Dyck James A Harnish Carolyn E. Johnson Susan J. Laurie Bill McAlilly Patricia L. Miller John R. Schol Joe M. Whittemore Gerald Jay Williams William H. Willimon and David K. Yemba. Scott J. Jones is Bishop of the Kansas Area of The United Methodist Church From the Circuit Rider review: "Scott Jones Bishop of the Kansas Area has offered a gift to The United Methodist Church. His stated aim as a church leader is to contribute to the continuing conversation about how best to think about receive and live more fully into Gods gift of unity. Expanding upon his work in his earlier book United Methodist Doctrine: The Extreme Center the major contribution of his new book is in the format of the book itself. It consists of his essay (about half of the book) followed by responses and reflections from a diverse group of United Methodists expressing a range of viewpoints." (Click here to read the entire review.)
