Preliminary Material -- Walking with the Text: The Method and Fruit of Practice Interpretation -- Faith Journeys / Peter Doble -- Women Followers / Susan Miller -- Eating with Jesus / Ian Wallis -- Patterns of Discipleship / Robin Pagan -- Ministry and Leadership / John Proctor -- Catalysts for Mission / Daniel Mcginnis -- Pentecostal Practices / Garnet Parris -- Pentecost with Children: Acts 2.1-13 / Leslie J. Francis -- Having Things in Common: Acts 2 and 4 -- The Shame We Don’t Want To Face: Acts 4.32–5.11 / Andrew Parker -- Religion and Politics: Acts 6 and 7 / Alan Powers -- Who Converts Whom? Acts 10.1–11.18 / John D. Davies -- “Fresh Expressions”: Acts 10, 11 and 15 / Loveday Alexander -- Connections and Collisions: Acts 16 / David Holgate -- The Debate about God: Acts 17 / Neil Richardson -- Who Holds the Power? Acts 25.23-26 / Christine Jones -- Index of Modern Authors -- Index of Biblical References.

In this volume, the second in the Practice Interpretation series, interpreters from various different situations describe how passages and themes in the book of Acts speak to their 21st-century circumstances. The aim in the words of a contributor is to "link up with some of the stories that belong to our lives today – things that are happening in the newspapers or in the churches, or in our own spiritual lives. to treat them as a springboard to make connections between Luke's world and ours" (Loveday Alexander). The 16 other contributors are John D. Davies, Susan Miller, Leslie Francis, Ian Wallis, Daniel McGinnis, David Holgate, Robin Pagan, Garnet Parris, Andrew Parker, Alan Powers, Neil Richardson, John Proctor, Christine Jones and John Vincent.

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