Church as Field Hospital: Toward an Ecclesiology of Sanctuary - Softcover

Brigham, Erin

 
9780814667200: Church as Field Hospital: Toward an Ecclesiology of Sanctuary

Synopsis

Through an ethnographically driven study of expressions of sanctuary in San Francisco, Church as Field Hospital constructs an ecclesiology that expands notions of public engagement and sacred space in Christian theology. Sanctuary practices that create spaces for those who have been marginalized—immigrants, refugees, and unhoused people—reflect the field hospital church Pope Francis has envisioned and enacted.

This book investigates sanctuary as a way of being church, one marked by prophetic witness, embodied solidarity, sacramental praxis, and radical hospitality.

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About the Author

Erin Brigham directs the Joan and Ralph Lane Center for Catholic Social Thought and the Ignatian Tradition and teaches in the department of theology and religious studies at the University of San Francisco. She also directs the St. Ignatius Institute, a living-learning community rooted in academics, spirituality, and solidarity. Her books include Sustaining the Hope for Unity: Ecumenical Dialogue in a Postmodern World (Liturgical Press, 2012) and Church as Field Hospital: Toward an Ecclesiology of Sanctuary (Liturgical Press, 2021). She grew up in the Rocky Mountains of Western Montana and now lives in the Richmond District with her family.

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