Hospitality and the Other Christian Living Mysticism & Love 5

Mysticism & Love 5

history and methodology

to abide by the first calling of Jesus Christ: to become ourselves an incarnation of God's love

Michael Birkel teaches at Earlham College

Hospitality and the Other Christian Living Mysticism & Love 5Building careful Biblical scholarship and insights into the practices of Jesus and the early church, launched on the day of Pentecost, Amos Yong: (1) shows that the religious "other" is not a mere object for conversion in the Scriptures but a neighbor to whom hospitality must be extended and from whom Christians should be open to receiving hospitality; and (2) argues that the practices of the Christian community must reflect this insight if they are