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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Type de support: | Électronique Article |
Langue: | Anglais |
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Publié: |
Sage Publ.
2021
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Dans: |
Interpretation
Année: 2021, Volume: 75, Numéro: 2, Pages: 112-122 |
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Changement climatique
/ Colonisation
/ Fidschi
/ Sermon
/ Méthodisme
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Classifications IxTheo: | KBS Australie et Océanie KDD Église protestante NCG Éthique de la création; Éthique environnementale RE Homilétique |
Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Sovereignty
B Fiji B Climate Change B Preaching B Colonialiism |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |
Résumé: | 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. |
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ISSN: | 2159-340X |
Contient: | Enthalten in: Interpretation
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0020964320982743 |