Towards Friendship-Shaped Communities

Illustrations ix

Abbreviations x

Acknowledgments xii

Introduction 1

Part I The Current Reality 23

1 The Place of Friendship 25

2 Coexisting Friendship Worlds 47

Part II A Deep Remembering - Friendship, Community, Resistance 73

3 Friendship and First Testament Writings 75

4 Friendship and Second Testament Writings 94

5 Friendship in Classical and Christian Traditions 107

Bridge: Shifts in Vision 122

Part III Theology, Friendship, and the Social Imagination 137

6 Mutuality: God, Creation and Community 139

7 Open Friendship, Becoming Kin, and the Human Vocation 159

8 Love, Spirit-Shaped Friendships, and Friendship-Shaped Communities 171

Part IV Practicing Friendship 195

9 Friendship and Community: Ideals and Implementation 197

Conclusion 213

Appendix: A Correlational Approach to Theological Reflection 217

Glossary 227

Index 230

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Theological imagination; social imaginary; friend; friendship; civic friendship; social friendship; nature of friendship; friendship and faith; faith friendships; contemporary friendship; friendship theory; theological friendship; classical friendship; Christian friendship