Motown Evangelization: Sharing the Gospel of Jesus in a Detroit Style
Ebook
Overview
What happens when “the rubber meets the road” for Catholic evangelization? Motown evangelization--an evangelization with wheels, an evangelization on the go, an evangelization with soul! Featuring contributions by several of the leading scholars on Catholic evangelization in the twenty-first century, Motown Evangelization: Sharing the Gospel of Jesus in a Detroit Style invites the reader to contemplate the meaning of the New Evangelization within the disorienting context of the postmodern and post-pandemic world of today. Numerous central themes are treated throughout the book’s potent chapters: the charity of Christ, the urgency of evangelization, redemptive suffering, liturgical sacrifice, the Black Catholic experience, parish life, the communion of saints, contemplative prayer, and practical suggestions for sharing the gospel of Jesus with friends and strangers alike. Tracing the contours of evangelization as at once merciful, urgent, sacrificial, diverse, and sanctifying, this book opens to the world with hope and healing. While oftentimes evangelization can stagnate in wishful thinking with little follow-through, Motown Evangelization encourages the reader to press on toward the finish line of faith wherein the end is the beginning, and the beginning is the end. It is because of the paradoxical twists that flood the life and teachings of Jesus that evangelization is ever old and ever new. Motown Evangelization will help to empower its reader to share the gospel of Jesus with renewed vigor and vitality.
“Evangelization can be confusing, with many obstacles that can
get in the way. This book addresses many of those obstacles and
provides insights on how to be more confident and capable in your
evangelization efforts.”
—Vickie Figueroa, Coordinator, Black Catholic Ministry, Archdiocese
of Detroit
“A wondrously diverse collection of Catholic scholars.
. . . The essays aren’t about imparting information; they
are instead fueled by a desire to see transformation in the lives
of every single man, woman, and child, and they each offer
provocative and challenging insights to us.”
—John Riccardo, Executive Director, ACTS XXIX
“The task of the New Evangelization is daunting and can seem
impossible given the complexity of the modern world. Motown
Evangelization presents articles from leading scholars who
. . . offer important insights. This book proposes
pathways forward that deserve serious consideration. Highly
recommended!”
—Timothy Laboe, Dean of Studies, Sacred Heart Major Seminary
- Title: Motown Evangelization: Sharing the Gospel of Jesus in a Detroit Style
- Authors: John C. Cavadini, Donald Wallenfang
- Publisher: Pickwick Publications
- Print Publication Date: 2022
- Logos Release Date: 2022
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781666707830, 9781666707823, 9781666707816, 166670783X, 1666707821, 1666707813
- Resource ID: LLS:9781666707830
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-12-22T22:05:45Z
John C. Cavadini is the McGrath-Cavadini Director of the
Institute for Church Life and Professor of Theology at the
University of Notre Dame. He is the author and editor of several
books, including Gift to the Church and World (Pickwick,
2021), Visioning Augustine (Wiley-Blackwell, 2019), Pope
Francis and the Event of Encounter (Pickwick, 2018), Mary on
the Eve of the Second Vatican Council (Notre Dame, 2017), and
Explorations in the Theology of Benedict XVI (Notre Dame,
2012).
Donald Wallenfang, OCDS, Emmanuel Mary of the Cross, is Professor
of Theology and Philosophy at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in
Detroit. He is the author and editor of several books, including
Shoeless: Carmelite Spirituality in a Disquieted World (Wipf
& Stock, 2021), Phenomenology: A Basic Introduction in the
Light of Jesus Christ (Cascade, 2019), Metaphysics: A Basic
Introduction in a Christian Key (Cascade, 2019), Human and
Divine Being: A Study on the Theological Anthropology of Edith
Stein (Cascade, 2017), and Dialectical Anatomy of the
Eucharist: An Étude in Phenomenology (Cascade, 2017).