RT Article
T1 Church Action for Fair Trade as Public Theology: Learning from the Experience of the Mainstreaming of Fair Trade in the United Kingdom
JF International journal of public theology
VO 13
IS 1
SP 55
OP 71
A1 Dawson, Mark
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2019
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1683724119
AB Church action for Fair Trade in the United Kingdom serves as an example of an activity, inspired and guided by theology, which has grown to involve the active participation of large numbers of churchgoers. Public recognition of Fair Trade is high, embracing a wide, secular society. The expansion of Fair Trade has come at a price, however, with the increasing involvement of large commercial organisations threatening diminution of the original theological insight. In learning from the experience of the mainstreaming of Fair Trade in the United Kingdom, it could be argued that the theological reflection that gave rise to the Fair Trade movement was the beginning of a public theology. It needs to be acknowledged and now taken further, to respond to the changing context. A public theology involving congregations should be nurtured, so that the public theological insight can be disseminated and its guidance put into practice.
K1 Fair Trade
K1 Congregation
K1 Justice
K1 Mainstreaming
K1 Public Theology
DO 10.1163/15697320-12341562