Unclean : meditations on purity, hospitality, and morality /

"I desire mercy, not sacrifice." Echoing Hosea, Jesus defends his embrace of the "unclean" in the Gospel of Matthew, seeming to privilege the prophetic call to justice over the Levitical pursuit of purity. And yet, as missional faith communities are well aware, the tensions and c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Beck, Richard, 1967-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Eugene, Or. : Cascade Books, [2011]
Subjects:	Aversion. Purity (Ethics) Purity, Ritual > Biblical teaching. Hospitality > Religious aspects > Christianity. Christian ethics.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Mercy and sacrifice
pt. 1. Unclean. Darwin and disgust
Contamination and contagion
pt. 2. Purity. Morality and metaphors
Divinity and dumbfounding
pt. 3. Hospitality. Love and boundaries
Monsters and scapegoats
Contempt and heresy
Hospitality and embrace
pt. 4. Mortality. Body and death
Sex and privy
Need and incarnation
Conclusion: Elimination and regulation.