The Edge of Water: Preaching Sovereignty in Rising Tides

This analysis of two Fijian Methodist sermons responding to climate catastrophe argues for the significance of preaching that emerges from displaced and occupied communities, particularly for Christianities shaped by Western colonialism. Not only do these testimonies call the Western church to repen...

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Main Author: Neal, Jerusha Matsen 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. 2021
In: Interpretation
Year: 2021, Volume: 75, Issue: 2, Pages: 112-122
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Climatic change / Colonialism / Fiji / Sermon / Methodism
IxTheo Classification:KBS Australia; Oceania
KDD Protestant Church
NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics
RE Homiletics
Further subjects:B Sovereignty
B Fiji
B Climate Change
B Preaching
B Colonialiism
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Summary:This analysis of two Fijian Methodist sermons responding to climate catastrophe argues for the significance of preaching that emerges from displaced and occupied communities, particularly for Christianities shaped by Western colonialism. Not only do these testimonies call the Western church to repentance, they challenge the West’s over-eager cooption of “place” as a theological project. In their proclamation of ontological alternatives to Western political and epistemological sovereignties, these sermons call listeners—and preachers—to a radical relationality with the world and with God.
ISSN:2159-340X
Contains:Enthalten in: Interpretation
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0020964320982743