Towards Friendship-Shaped Communities
A Practical Theology of Friendship
Anne-Marie Ellithorpe
This edition first published 2022
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Hei koha iti nā te arohaki te tangata whenua me te tangata Tiritio Aotearoa Niu Tīreni
A small gift given in loveto the people of the land and the people of the Treatyin Aotearoa New Zealand
Contents
1 Cover
9 Part I The Current Reality 1 The Place of Friendship 2 Coexisting Friendship Worlds
10 Part II A Deep Remembering – Friendship, Community, Resistance 3 Friendship and First Testament Writings 4 Friendship and Second Testament Writings 5 Friendship in Classical and Christian Traditions Bridge: Shifts in Vision
11 Part III Theology, Friendship, and the Social Imagination 6 Mutuality: God, Creation and Community 7 Open Friendship, Becoming Kin, and the Human Vocation 8 Love, Spirit-Shaped Friendships, and Friendship-Shaped Communities
12 Part IV Practicing Friendship 9 Friendship and Community: Ideals and Implementation
13 Conclusion
14 Appendix: A Correlational Approach to Theological Reflection
15 Glossary
16 Index
List of Illustrations
1 AcknowledgmentsMap 1 Māui and Aotearoa New ZealandAotearoa New Zealand
2 Part