Citizen

A must-read for Christians struggling with the present political conversation

Citizen helps Christians find our place in the politics of the world. In these pages, Bishop Andy Doyle offers a Christian virtue ethic grounded in fresh anthropology. He offers a vision of the individual Christian within the reign of God and the life of the broader community. He adds to the conversation in both church and culture by offering a renewed theological underpinning to the complex nature of Christianity in a post-modern world.

How did we get here? Is this the way it has to be? Are there implications for conversations about politics within the church? Doyle contends that our current debates are not about one partisan narrative winning, but communities of diversity being unified by a relationship with God's grand narrative. Crafting a deep theological conversation with a unified approach to the Old and New Testament, Citizen asks, what does it truly mean to live in community?

Auteur

C. Andrew Doyle, the ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas, summarizes his autobiography in six words: "Met Jesus on pilgrimage; still walking." He is author of Vocatio, Unabashedly Episcopalian, Orgullosamente Episcopal, A Generous Community,*and *The Jesus Heist. Follow him on Twitter at @texasbishop. He lives in Houston, Texas.

Contenu

Foreword by Cynthia Briggs Kittredge

Introduction: Engaging an Apathetic Christian Citizen

Chapter One: A Birth Narrative

Chapter Two: Our Beloved Civil Religion

Chapter Three: A Frame for Christian Citizenship

Chapter Four: A Garden Social Imaginary

Chapter Five: Rejection of Dominion Politics

Chapter Six: Prophetic Citizenship

Chapter Seven: A Differentiated Wilderness Society

Chapter Eight: The Rise of King and Prophet

Chapter Nine: A Step into God's Story

Chapter Ten: A Different Destiny

Chapter Eleven: A Decolonized Citizenship

Chapter Twelve: The Story of the Disinherited

Chapter Thirteen: The Hive Lens
Chapter Fourteen: Vineyard, Sword, and Cross

Chapter Fifteen: The State's Accountability to God

Chapter Sixteen: A Tabling Christian Citizenship

Conclusion: No Pleasant Valley Sunday

Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography About the Author