Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface / David L. Weaver-Zercher and William H. Willimon -- Introduction / David L. Weaver-Zercher -- 1. The strangeness of spirit, the oddness of justice / William H. Willimon -- 2. Spirit and spirituality : reclaiming biblical transcendence / C. Norman Kraus -- 3. The love of God as the source of spirituality and social justice / David Rensberger -- 4. Justice, spirituality, and the church : the atonement connection / J. Denny Weaver -- 5. Ecclesial discipleship and the unity of spirituality and social justice / Richard D. Crane -- 6. Holistic spirituality as witness / Brad J. Kallenberg -- 7. Living out the peace of God : the apostle Paul's theology and practice of peace / Raymond H. Reimer -- 8. The fulfillment of human nature in eastern patristic Christianity / Lisa D. Maugans Driver -- 9. The hiddenness of God and the justice of God : negative theology as social ethical resource / J. Alexander Sider -- 10. Deconstruction, messianic hope, and just action / Gerald J. Biesecker-Mast -- 11. Prayer : just praying, acting justly : contemplation and manifestation / Kent Ira Groff -- 12. Iconography : learning to see : the sacralized vision of Byzantine iconography / Randi Sider-Rose -- 13. Singing : Luke's songs as melodies of the marginalized / Rick L. Williamson -- 14. The Lord's supper : food for the journey : Wesleyan eucharistic piety and the integrated Christian life / Aaron Kerr -- 15. Table fellowship : the spirituality of eating together / Reta Halteman Finger -- 16. Sabbath-keeping : Christian sabbath-keeping and the desire for justice / L. Roger Owens -- 17. Service : challenging legacies of economic oppression and religious neglect : habitat for humanity in the Mississippi delta / William R. Sutton -- 18. Education : Cura Personalis : the matrix for social justice in Jesuit secondary education / Dominic P. Scibilia, Roberto Concepcion, Jr., Michael Monteleone, Drew Sheeran, Robert Simone, Stephen Spiewak and Kapil Verma.