Spiritual Formation: Race, Racism, and Racial Reconciliation
The telos of Christian spiritual formation is to love God and to love one’s neighbor as oneself. However, racism undermines loving one’s neighbor, which weakens the Christian witness and contributes to division within American culture and the church. Unfortunately, racism is seldom viewed as a spiri...
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Articolo |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Sage Publishing
2020
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Journal of spiritual formation & soul care
Anno: 2020, Volume: 13, Fascicolo: 2, Pagine: 156-175 |
| Altre parole chiave: | B
Justice
B Spiritual Formation B Race B racial reconciliation B Repentance B Racism |
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| Riepilogo: | The telos of Christian spiritual formation is to love God and to love one’s neighbor as oneself. However, racism undermines loving one’s neighbor, which weakens the Christian witness and contributes to division within American culture and the church. Unfortunately, racism is seldom viewed as a spiritual formation issue, nor is it specifically addressed as such in the spiritual formation literature. Therefore, this essay focuses on four primary areas: (1) spiritual formation and race from a biblical perspective, including a definition of terms; (2) biblical examples of racial reconciliation; (3) four critical periods of US history that have contributed to racial trauma and inequality; and (4) suggested steps toward racial reconciliation. Healing collective racial wounds begins with recognizing the truth related to America’s past and requires a disposition to listen, learn, lament, repent, repair, and relate to one another. |
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| ISSN: | 2328-1030 |
| Comprende: | Enthalten in: Journal of spiritual formation & soul care
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/1939790920960540 |