| URBAN ECCLESIOLOGY |
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| Chapter 1 BEING CHURCH AMONG THE HOMELESS |
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| I. Ecclesiology of the Marginalized |
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| II. Contours of the Research Project |
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| III. Paradigms for Serving the Homeless Populations |
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| IV. Advocacy for an Ecclesial-oriented Paradigm |
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| V. Structural Overview of this Study |
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| Chapter 2 THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL PROLEGOMENA |
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| I. Towards a Correlation between Ideal and Local Ecclesiology |
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| II.Towards a Method for Ecclesiology Applied in Local Contexts |
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| (a) My Role: An Insider and/or Outsider Perspective |
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| (b) Methodology for Doing Qualitative Research |
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| (c) Methodology for Doing Ecclesial Theology |
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| Chapter 3 ECCLESIALITY AND LOCALITY OF THE CHURCH |
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| I.Indispensable Ecclesial Contours |
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| (a) The Church's Relation to Israel |
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| (b) Biblical Images of the Church |
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| (c) Ecumenical Conditions of Ecclesiality: 'Ecclesial Fruitfulness' |
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| (d) The Attributes of Being Church |
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| (e) The Intersecting Nature and Mission of the Church |
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| (f) The Place of the Church: ubi Christus, ibi Ecclesia |
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| II. Criteria Towards Ecclesiality in a Local Ecclesiology |
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| Chapter 4 TOWARDS NAMING THE CONTEXT |
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| I. Colonial Historical Ethnography of the Philippines - A History of Struggle |
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| II. Arriving in Pava A Tale of a Two-sided City |
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| (a) Reague for Living in the Park |
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| (b) The Price of Living in the Park |
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| III. Kinship and the Social Order: The Social Ties that Bind |
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| (a) Rituals and Social Order |
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| IV. A Community's Communication Procen and Leadership Within and Without |
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| V. The Economic Dimension |
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| VV. Community Relationships, Within and Without |
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| (a) Codes of Conduct and Morality |
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| (b) Perceptions of the Other |
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| (c) Self perception |
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| VII. Religious Institutions, Inclinations and Indigenous Beliefs |
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| VII. A Community's Description Shaping the Ecclesial Narrative |
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| Chapter 5 A CONTEXTUAL AND INTERDISCIPLINARY READING OF MARK'S GOSPEL |
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| L Doing Ecdesial Theology with the FECH: Hermeneutical Reflections |
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| (a) Why Should there be Local Theologies? |
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| (b) Where and When Does Local Theology Happen? |
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| (c) Who Does Local Theologies! |
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| (d) How Do People Do Local Theology? |
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| II.Why the Gospel of Mark? |
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| III. Reading Mark's Gospel: Hermeneutical Insights from the FECH |
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| (a) Mark in Light of Family-centredness |
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| (b) Mark in Light of Turning Shame into Honour |
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| (c) Mark in Light of the Supernatural World Impacting the Empirical World |
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| IV. Learning from the Theological Motifs of the FECH |
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| Chapter 6 TOWARDS A FAMILIA DEI ECCLESIOLOGY |
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| 1. A Local Ecclesial Theology of the FECH |
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| (a) Contextual Challenges |
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| (b) Theological Criteria |
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| II. Ecclesiology as Contextual Theology |
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| (a) Re-reading Ecclesiality in Light of the FECH's Narrative |
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| (b) Re-reading the Attributes in Light of the FECH's Narrative |
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| (c) Re-reading the Notae Externae in Light of the FECH's Narrative |
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| Chapter 7 A CHURCH IN THE 'FILIPINO' CO |
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| I. Contemporary Paradigms in Urban Mission |
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| II. Embodied Ecclesiology in a Local Context: Ramifications |
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| (a) Local Ecclesiological Methodology Revisited |
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| (b) Ecclesiality in the Locality of the Church Revisited |
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| (c) Familia Dei Revisited |
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| (d) Ecclesial Narratives Contribution to Intercultural Theology |
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| III. Conclusion: The Homeless Jesus |
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| Appendix A: Participant Summary |
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| Appendix B: Semi-structured Interview Guide |
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| Appendix C: Truncated Interview Data |
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| Bibliography |
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| Index |
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