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Beyond Engaging and Resisting: Reclaiming the City's Moral Vision and Reimagining the Church's Politics

Fannin, Jordan Rowan

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2010, Master of Arts (M.A.), University of Dayton, Theological Studies.
This thesis examines the story of Englewood Christian Church (ECC) to provide a counternarrative for the ways in which Christians engage in politics. Challenging the false choice of engagement versus resistance, it first proposes that within the Christian tradition, the city is a moral good, functioning as biblical image, theological guide, and support for a common good. It also argues that the move out of cities – or suburbanization – is a moral story, both in its results and in the desires that produced it. The claim is then explored that the church is and should be a politics itself – indeed, the primary politics for Christians. Finally, it narrates the story of ECC and its unique practice of congregational conversation, its theological self-understanding as the Body of Christ, and its convictions about a shared life, examining the ways it meets the definition of a politics proposed above. This thesis concludes by articulating what meaning the singular example of ECC should have for Christians and for churches in other places.
Kelly S. Johnson, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
William V. Trollinger, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Raymond L. Fitz, S.M., Ph.D. (Committee Member)
118 p.

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  • Fannin, J. R. (2010). Beyond Engaging and Resisting: Reclaiming the City's Moral Vision and Reimagining the Church's Politics [Master's thesis, University of Dayton]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1292620694

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Fannin, Jordan. Beyond Engaging and Resisting: Reclaiming the City's Moral Vision and Reimagining the Church's Politics. 2010. University of Dayton, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1292620694.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Fannin, Jordan. "Beyond Engaging and Resisting: Reclaiming the City's Moral Vision and Reimagining the Church's Politics." Master's thesis, University of Dayton, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1292620694

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)