Systemic Evil and Christian Discipleship
Although the churches have focused much of their attention on the individual's encounter with evil, it is urgent and essential that this focus be expanded to consider communal systemic evil. Rediscovering this emphasis in ancient sources - biblical and Indigenous - we begin to see that engageme...
| Subtitles: | Global Manifestations of Racism Today |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2020]
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| In: |
The ecumenical review
Year: 2020, Volume: 72, Issue: 1, Pages: 108-115 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KDJ Ecumenism NBK Soteriology NCC Social ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Indigenous Peoples
B Colonialism B Discipleship B systemic evil B Racism |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (doi) |
| Summary: | Although the churches have focused much of their attention on the individual's encounter with evil, it is urgent and essential that this focus be expanded to consider communal systemic evil. Rediscovering this emphasis in ancient sources - biblical and Indigenous - we begin to see that engagement with systemic evils like racism and colonialism is a central aspect of Christian discipleship. There is a preliminary and important anticipation and realization of this rediscovery in The Arusha Call to Discipleship document of the World Council of Churches. In an age that is beset by the deadly intersection of multiple forms of systemic evil, it is urgent that discipleship confront the principalities and powers that corrupt and destroy life. |
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| ISSN: | 1758-6623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The ecumenical review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/erev.12489 |