To Be Welcomed as Christ: Pursuing a Hospitable Evangelicalism

by Nicholas Scott-Blakely

Publisher:

Wipf and Stock

, 2022

Overview

Mainstream American evangelicalism is facing an identity crisis. Many wonder whether or not evangelical communities can become safe spaces that better enable people to enjoy, love, and know God and all that God cares about. This book, in honor of Dennis Okholm’s decades of leadership in the academy and the church, commends the ways in which he has attempted to help his own communities flourish. His goal of filling the pews with theologically and biblically literate Christians is a much-needed example of steadiness and wisdom to an otherwise turbulent reality facing those who wish to maintain some association with the evangelical label. The emphases that appear in the contributions to this book represent Okholm’s passion for the life of the church, his desire for evangelicalism to be a more hospitable home for all within its fold and in relation to other communities, and his desire for friendship and community to have a more prominent role in theological and biblical reflection. To Be Welcomed as Christ offers an example for engaging one’s own community and the communities of others with the hospitality of Christ.

Key Features

• Addresses hospitality, friendship, and community in the life of the church.
• Presents dimensions of a Christian faith that can be hospitable.
• Promotes the practice of evangelical hospitality

Praise for the Print Edition

It’s delightful to have this volume of essays address a vital theme while honoring a wise mentor and beloved friend. Insights from these excellent contributors can promote the practice of evangelical hospitality that many of us have experienced from Dennis Okholm.

—Daniel Treier, Wheaton College

To Be Welcomed as Christ is a fitting tribute to Dennis Okholm, whose wide-ranging interests are well represented in this volume. But what ties them all together is Okholm’s commitment to the Christian monastic heritage, whose influence is likewise diffused throughout the church and across the Christian tradition. Just as monasticism is a gift to the church, so is Okholm, and his influence in institutions and individuals will continue to flourish and bear much fruit.

—Greg Peters, American Benedictine Academy

This delightful collection of essays addresses hospitality, friendship, and community in the life of the church. Each chapter is beautifully written, honest, thoughtful, uplifting, hopeful—a true testimony to Okholm’s passion for theological reflection and community flourishing.

—Lynn H. Cohick, Northern Seminary

Product Details

• Title: To Be Welcomed as Christ: Pursuing a Hospitable Evangelicalism
• Author: Nicholas Scott-Blakely
• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Print Publication Date: 2022
• Pages: 234
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• ISBNs: 9781532674464, 1532674465, 9781532674471, 1532674481, 1532674473, 9781532674488
• Resource ID: LLS:BWLCMDHVNGLCLSM
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2023-01-02T19:40:49Z

About Nicholas Scott-Blakely

Nicholas Scott-Blakely is a PhD Candidate in Christian Ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary where he also works for the Institute of Faith and Public Life. He received his MA in Theological Studies from Princeton Theological Seminary and is working on rethinking the church’s theology of Jews and Judaism.