Poverty, Politics, and Faithful Witness in the Age of Humanitarianism

Beginning with a critique of humanitarianism, this essay explores alternative, theological ways of framing responses to the poverty and suffering of strangers. A particular focus is the differing kinds of neighbor-love at work in humanitarianism and democracy and how a christological and eschatologi...

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Main Author: Bretherton, Luke 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. 2015
In: Interpretation
Year: 2015, Volume: 69, Issue: 4, Pages: 447-459
Further subjects:B Poverty
B Humanitarianism
B Neighbor-love
B Democracy
B Repentance
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Summary:Beginning with a critique of humanitarianism, this essay explores alternative, theological ways of framing responses to the poverty and suffering of strangers. A particular focus is the differing kinds of neighbor-love at work in humanitarianism and democracy and how a christological and eschatological frame of reference re-configures them so as to enable the formation of a people that seeks the flourishing of the whole.
ISSN:2159-340X
Contains:Enthalten in: Interpretation
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0020964315592132