Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-150) and index.

1. Hospitality, strangers, and the love of God -- Enter the stranger -- Hospitality and partnership -- Some notes on method -- 2. Sharing the feat of the kingdom (Jesus) -- Hospitality in first-century Judaism -- THe excesses of Jesus -- God's abundance for renewed community -- The supper for hosts to be -- The feat of the kingdom coming -- 3. Welcoming one another to new humanity (Paul) -- The gospel at table -- Coming home to new humanity -- House church hospitality -- The supper of discernment -- Three partnerships in the gospel -- 4. Guests and hosts, together in mission (Luke) -- Luke's focus on hospitality -- To honor the wandering prophets -- To encourage the resident prophets -- Toward a cooperative house church mission -- mission as spiritual-material welcoming -- The supper of joyful repentance -- Conclusions -- 5. Frontiers of hospitality -- Partnerships with strangers today -- The economics of the Spirit -- Discerning the frontiers -- The abiding mystery of God's welcome.