Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Being church among the homeless

Ecclesiology of the marginalized

Contours of the research project

Paradigms for serving the homeless populations

Advocacy for an ecclesial-oriented paradigm

Structural overview of this study

Chapter 2 Theoretical and methodological prolegomena

Towards a correlation between ideal and local ecclesiology

Towards a method for ecclesiology applied in local contexts

Chapter 3 Ecclesiality and locality of the church

Indispensable ecclesial contours

Criteria towards ecclesiality in a local ecclesiology

Chapter 4 Towards naming the context

Colonial historical ethnography of the Philippines-- A history of struggle

Arriving in Davao: a tale of a two-sided city

Kinship and the social order: the social ties that bind

A community's communication process and leadership, within and without

The Economic dimension

Community relationships, within and without

Religious institutions, inclinations and indigenous beliefs

A community's description shaping the ecclesial narrative

Chapter 5 A Contextual and Interdisciplinary Reading of Mark's Gospel

Doing ecclesial theology with the FECH: Hermeneutical Reflections

Why the gospel of Mark

Reading Mark's gospel: Hermeneutical insights from the FECH

Learning from the theological motifs of the FECH

Chapter 6 Towards a familia dei ecclesiology

A local ecclesial theology of the FECH

Ecclesiology as contextual theology

Chapter 7 A church in the Filipino contexts

Contemporary paradigms in urban mission

Emobodied ecclesiology in a local context: ramifications

Conclusion: the homeless Jesus