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These poems were discovered after the death, in 2014, of the climber and teacher, Tim Noble. The book - which includes many contributions by family, friends and colleagues - is a celebration of the life and writing of this remarkable man.

Liberation theology has, since its beginnings over forty years ago, placed the poor at the heart of theology and revealed the ideologies underlying both society and church. Meanwhile, over this period, the progressive church appears to have stagnated and the poor of Latin America have turned increasingly to neo-Pentecostalism. 'The Poor in Liberation Theology' questions whether the effect of liberation theology is to provide a pathway to God or really to construct idols out of the poor. Combining the conceptual language of the philosophers Jean-Luc Marion and Emmanuel Levinas with the methodology of the liberation theologian Clodovis Boff, the volume outlines how liberation theology can work to ensure the poor do not become an ideological construct but remain icons of God. Drawing on a wealth of material from Latin American and Europe, the book demonstrates the continuing validity and importance of liberation theology and its further potential when engaged with contemporary philosophy.

What do you give a man who has everything? A yacht perhaps, or a private jet available just when and whenever you want it? Then you can drop in on the neighbours perhaps, on the Cote D'Azur or Spain, France, Gibraltar, Morocco. Maurice Glickman just wanted to be someone he had always longed to be. Already one of the nouveau riche - the Country Gent, the Squire, the man up there in the house on the hill, where people might point and say: 'There he is...that man of substance...there he goes...that's the person we must look up to, even aspire to be..." or is it!? Is he really the man anyone might look up to, even admire!? Manners mayketh man...so we are told...on his way to the top, Maurice had never learnt the more subtle and delicate arts and finer points of human contact. Pride comes before a fall and was Maurice Glickman about to meet his match, with his seemingly down-at-earth and country neighbour...someone not quite the match for Maurice and his indefinable codes and methods of operation?

Christian mission involves God, the missionary, and the other, the recipient of mission. This book argues for the centrality of this other in the practice of mission. The other as child of God is presented, not as an empty vessel waiting to be filled, but as the one who draws near to the missionary. Both are sent by God, and together they enter into the journey towards God. Drawing on Scripture, contemporary missiology, and phenomenology, the book argues for the importance of this often neglected other and demonstrates through historical case studies involving Saint Ignatius of Loyola, William Carey, and Saint Innocent of Alaska that the recognition of the gift of the other has always been present in Christian mission and can continue to inspire. ""Noble asks us to consider what mission looks like when the usual binary model of subject confronting object is replaced by something simpler: a response in love to another subject who has already been touched by the grace of God. This is radical stuff--a thoroughly absorbing read, and all the more so for being written with intelligence, imagination, and a deep respect for the great traditions of missiology."" --Michael Barnes SJ, University of Roehampton ""Tim Noble deserves to be better known as a missiologist and this book shows why. It demonstrates his command of the subject biblically, theologically, historically, and ecumenically. What is more, it brings missiology in touch with continental philosophy. Noble applies his intellect to a rising and pertinent question in a post-colonial and identity-conscious world. This is a profound and carefully crafted book with copious notes for future reference."" --Kirsteen Kim, Fuller Theological Seminary ""Scripturally, theologically, philosophically, and historically, Tim Noble brilliantly argues how mission can and should be an encounter with the irreducible uniqueness of the Other, who in her journey toward and in Christ, simultaneously expands, deepens, and illuminates the Christian faith of the missionary. Given the changing landscape of the missionary field, and the suffering inflicted by Christian missionaries in the past and present, this book points to how Christians can heed the command to preach the Gospel in a way where form is identical with content."" --Aristotle Papanikolaou, Fordham University ""Ultimately this book is a thoughtful and accessible book on mission-spirituality. It compels the reader to revisit his/her biblical hermeneutic on mission, to engage in mission history through biographies, and to learn practicing abstraction in order to master the great commandment when encountering the other. While never questioning the legitimacy of mission, and with reference to a missio Dei framework, Tim Noble demonstrates how the Christian person existentially needs the other, the always given one, like one needs his/her daily bread in order to do mission."" --Dorottya Nagy, Protestant Theological University Tim Noble is Associate Professor of Missiology in the Protestant Theological Faculty of Charles University in Prague. He is the author of The Poor in Liberation Theology (2014) and numerous articles on mission, liberation theology, and theology and culture.

Christian mission involves God, the missionary, and the other, the recipient of mission. This book argues for the centrality of this other in the practice of mission. The other as child of God is presented, not as an empty vessel waiting to be filled, but as the one who draws near to the missionary. Both are sent by God, and together they enter into the journey towards God. Drawing on Scripture, contemporary missiology, and phenomenology, the book argues for the importance of this often neglected other and demonstrates through historical case studies involving Saint Ignatius of Loyola, William Carey, and Saint Innocent of Alaska that the recognition of the gift of the other has always been present in Christian mission and can continue to inspire. ""Noble asks us to consider what mission looks like when the usual binary model of subject confronting object is replaced by something simpler: a response in love to another subject who has already been touched by the grace of God. This is radical stuff--a thoroughly absorbing read, and all the more so for being written with intelligence, imagination, and a deep respect for the great traditions of missiology."" --Michael Barnes SJ, University of Roehampton ""Tim Noble deserves to be better known as a missiologist and this book shows why. It demonstrates his command of the subject biblically, theologically, historically, and ecumenically. What is more, it brings missiology in touch with continental philosophy. Noble applies his intellect to a rising and pertinent question in a post-colonial and identity-conscious world. This is a profound and carefully crafted book with copious notes for future reference."" --Kirsteen Kim, Fuller Theological Seminary ""Scripturally, theologically, philosophically, and historically, Tim Noble brilliantly argues how mission can and should be an encounter with the irreducible uniqueness of the Other, who in her journey toward and in Christ, simultaneously expands, deepens, and illuminates the Christian faith of the missionary. Given the changing landscape of the missionary field, and the suffering inflicted by Christian missionaries in the past and present, this book points to how Christians can heed the command to preach the Gospel in a way where form is identical with content."" --Aristotle Papanikolaou, Fordham University ""Ultimately this book is a thoughtful and accessible book on mission-spirituality. It compels the reader to revisit his/her biblical hermeneutic on mission, to engage in mission history through biographies, and to learn practicing abstraction in order to master the great commandment when encountering the other. While never questioning the legitimacy of mission, and with reference to a missio Dei framework, Tim Noble demonstrates how the Christian person existentially needs the other, the always given one, like one needs his/her daily bread in order to do mission."" --Dorottya Nagy, Protestant Theological University Tim Noble is Associate Professor of Missiology in the Protestant Theological Faculty of Charles University in Prague. He is the author of The Poor in Liberation Theology (2014) and numerous articles on mission, liberation theology, and theology and culture.

Christianity and politics cannot and should not be divided. But in times of deep social division, how do Christians make political choices that aim to build a society of justice and peace, where wholeness and unity reign? With special reference to two apparently very different contexts, Brazil and the Czech Republic, this book delves into this question, suggesting that behind a clash of political populisms, there is a deeper theological conflict. Grace, the action of God in the world, is understood by some as material reward for their giving, and thus as an entitlement to goods, financial rewards, or narrow national interests. For others, grace is a gift of God that always goes beyond any attempt to possess it and enables attention to the other, especially the other who is poor, excluded, and oppressed. What this means concretely is discussed through a close reading of Pope Francis's Fratelli Tutti. Another world is possible, and this book sets out a vision of what it will look like.

Liberation theology has, since its beginnings over forty years ago, placed the poor at the heart of theology and revealed the ideologies underlying both society and church. Meanwhile, over this period, the progressive church appears to have stagnated and the poor of Latin America have turned increasingly to neo-Pentecostalism. 'The Poor in Liberation Theology' questions whether the effect of liberation theology is to provide a pathway to God or really to construct idols out of the poor. Combining the conceptual language of the philosophers Jean-Luc Marion and Emmanuel Levinas with the methodology of the liberation theologian Clodovis Boff, the volume outlines how liberation theology can work to ensure the poor do not become an ideological construct but remain icons of God. Drawing on a wealth of material from Latin American and Europe, the book demonstrates the continuing validity and importance of liberation theology and its further potential when engaged with contemporary philosophy.