Joyful exiles :

Houston, J. M. 1922-

Joyful exiles : life in Christ on the dangerous edge of things / James M. Houston. - Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Books, c2006. - 204 p. ; 22 cm.

"Formatio"--P. [2].

Includes bibliographical references (p. [190]-200) and index.

Prologue: Why dialectics? -- pt. 1. Christian faith as a way of life and a new identity. The breath of the hidden life -- Being open to a visionary life before God -- pt. 2. The priority of personal calling over institutional life. The surrealism of Christian public life -- The journey toward becoming a person -- pt. 3. Maturing in community, transmitting faith in person. Living the truth in love -- Christian transmission in an age of disjunction -- Epilogue: Communal maturity in Christ -- Appendix: Why the rhetoric of dialectics?

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Christian life.

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