Making Room: Recovering Hospitality as a Christian Tradition

For the most of church history, hospitality was central to Christian identity. Yet our generation knows little about this rich, life-giving practice. Pohl revisits the discipline of welcoming strangers and provides the foundation for renewed commitment to recovering hospitality as a Christian tradition.

Combining biblical and historical research with extensive interviewing of people in contemporary communities of hospitality - the Catholic Worker, L'Abri, L'Arche, Good Works, Jubilee Partners, St. John's Abbey and others - Pohl explores anew the necessity, difficulty and blessing of practicing hospitality today.