Being Interrupted: Reimagining the Churchs Mission from the Outside, in

Beginning with a Street Nativity Play that didnt end as planned, and finishing with an open-ended conversation in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Being Interrupted locates an institutionally-anxious Church of England within the wider contexts of divisions of race and class in the ruins of empire, alongside ongoing gender inequalities, the marginalization of children, and catastrophic ecological breakdown.

In the midst of this bleak picture, Al Barrett and Ruth Harley open a door to a creative disruption of the status quo, from the outside, in: the in-breaking of the wild reality of the Kin-dom of God. Through careful and unsettling readings in Marks gospel, alongside stories from a multicultural outer estate in east Birmingham, they paint a vivid picture of an alternative economy for the Churchs life and mission, which begins with transformative encounters with neighbours and strangers at the edges of our churches, our neighbourhoods and our imaginations, and offers new possibilities for repentance and resurrection.

Author: Al Barrett, Ruth Harley

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

Pages: 256

Publisher: SCM Press

Publication Date: 2020-11-30