The Violence of Poverty: Theology and Activism in an "Age of Austerity"
Faith groups are in the front line of the struggle to defeat poverty in breadline Britain. Given their roots in local communities Churches and Christian NGOs are well-placed to challenge economic policies that have resulted in the spiraling of food poverty, homelessness, personal debt and child pove...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
[2019]
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Political theology
Jahr: 2019, Band: 20, Heft: 3, Seiten: 243-261 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Großbritannien
/ Armut
/ Gewalt
/ Theologie der Befreiung
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| IxTheo Notationen: | CH Christentum und Gesellschaft FD Kontextuelle Theologie KBF Britische Inseln |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Liberation Theology
B Activism B Poverty B Peace Studies |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Faith groups are in the front line of the struggle to defeat poverty in breadline Britain. Given their roots in local communities Churches and Christian NGOs are well-placed to challenge economic policies that have resulted in the spiraling of food poverty, homelessness, personal debt and child poverty. By framing poverty as a political choice, a form of structural violence and systemic sin this paper brings peace studies and political theology into a constructive dialogue. In the face of ongoing "austerity" the paper demonstrates that poverty represents a clear and present danger to the social fabric of the UK and argues that only a re-imagined interdisciplinary theology of liberation can provide academics and activists with the tools needed to defeat systemic poverty and the cultural violence upon which it rests. |
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| ISSN: | 1743-1719 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Political theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/1462317X.2018.1543820 |