“Love your neighbor” is one of the most quoted teachings in Christianity, yet it is often practiced in ways that reinforce division. Amar D. Peterman, theologian and author of Becoming Neighbors, is on Christianity Without Compromise with host Jake Doberenz to discuss why Christian neighbor love is frequently misunderstood and how it can be reimagined in polarized communities. Amar shares how Jesus’ table-centered ministry challenges performative hospitality and how cultivating the common good begins through local relationships, shared spaces, and practices like accompaniment, compassion, and lament.
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Important Links:
Eating Your Way Through Luke’s Gospel by Robert J. Karris— https://amzn.to/4ufrBQ9
Becoming Neighbors: The Common Good Made Local by Amar D. Peterman —https://amzn.to/4lj7qN1 (affiliate)
Amar D. Peterman’s Substack, This Common Life
Articles by Amar D. Peterman in Sojourners — https://sojo.net/biography/amar-d-peterman
Amar D. Peterman is a writer, theologian, and PhD student whose work explores neighbor love, the common good, and Christian public life. He has written widely on faith, politics, and community for publications including Sojourners and his Substack, This Common Life. Peterman is the author of Becoming Neighbors: The Common Good Made Local, a book exploring how Christians can cultivate the common good through shared tables, local relationships, and faithful practices of love.
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