Postcolonial Practice of Ministry

Leadership, Liturgy, and Interfaith Engagement

Contributions by Stephen Burns, Emmanuel Yartekwei Lartey, Melinda A. McGarrah Sharp, Mona West, Stephanie Mitchem, Rev. HyeRan Kim-Cragg, Michael N. Jagessar Secretary for Europe and, Jenny Te Paa Daniel Co-Director, Ohaki Educat, Lim Swee Hong, Cláudio Carvalhaes Associate Professor of Worship, Union Theological Seminary - New York City, Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook Claremont School of Theol, Jonathan Y. Tan, Jenny Daggers, Kwok Pui-lan Candler School of Theology, Emory University Edited by Kwok Pui-lan Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Kwok Pui-lan, Stephen Burns

Publication date:

13 July 2016

Length of book:

240 pages

Publisher

Lexington Books

Dimensions:

236x159mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781498534482

Postcolonial studies has challenged the Eurocentric frameworks and methodologies in the fields of biblical studies and theology. Postcolonial Practice of Ministry is a groundbreaking anthology that enables a new engagement between postcolonial and practical theologies, focused on three key areas of the practice of ministry: pastoral leadership, liturgical celebration, and interfaith engagement.

Postcolonial Practice of Ministry will make an impact in at least two areas of theological reflection: first, among postcolonial scholars, it will stretch postcolonial theology into an area where it has been neglected; second, it will provide a comprehensive resource for rethinking the practice of ministry. Contributors to this volume are well-known scholars from different racial, national, and denominational backgrounds, bringing with them experiences of hybrid identities and multicultural churches. Many of them are pioneers in introducing postcolonial discourse to their fields.

Introduction: Postcolonial Practice of Ministry, Stephen Burns

I. Pastoral Leadership
1. “Borrowed Clothes Will Never Keep You Warm”: Postcolonializing Pastoral Leadership, Emmanuel Yartekwei Lartey
2. Literacies of Listening: Postcolonial Pastoral Leadership in Practice, Melinda A. McGarrah Sharp
3. Metropolitan Community Church as Messy Space for Revisioning the Other Side of Pastoral Ministry, Mona West
4. In Conversation: Womanist/Postcolonial/Pastoral, Stephanie Mitchem

II. Liturgical Celebration
5. Postcolonial Practices on Eucharist, HyeRan Kim-Cragg
6. Table Habits, Liturgical Pelau, and Displacing Conversation: A Postcolonial Excursion, Michael N. Jagessar
7. Prayer Books, Postcolonialism, Power, and Politics: Some Thoughts from an Antipodean Indigenous Laywoman, Jenny Te Paa Daniel
8. Church Music in Postcolonial Liturgical Celebration, Lim Swee Hong
9. Praying Each Other’s Prayers: An Interreligious Dialogue, Cláudio Carvalhaes

III. Interfaith Collaboration
10. Postcolonial Interreligious Learning: A Reflection from a North American Christian Perspective, Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook
11. Dynamics of Interfaith Collaborations in Postcolonial Asia: Prospects and Opportunities, Jonathan Y. Tan
12. Postcolonializing “Mission-Shaped Church”: The Church of England and Postcolonial Diversity, Jenny Daggers
13. Womanist Interfaith Dialogue: Inter, Intra, and All the Spaces in Between, Melanie L. Harris

Epilogue: Kwok Pui-lan

This book was helpful for me as I continue to explore the implications of postcolonial theory in ministry and practical theology. The useful bibliographies point the reader to recent important contributions in these fields. As any good scholarship does, this book not only answered questions for me, but it also gave me new questions to pose.... I recommend this book to both scholars and practitioners who care about how to minister to all people.