From Consumption to Communion: The Ecclesial Role of Public Theologians in Cultivating a Livable City
Urbanism has become the dominant form of human dwelling, giving rise to the concept of livability, accompanied by livability indexes and city rankings. These reports provide brief bragging rights and marketing opportunities for high-ranking cities while glossing over the complex realities and inhere...
| Altri titoli: | Public Theologies in Vibrating Cities – Global Perspectives |
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Articolo |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
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Brill
2023
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International journal of public theology
Anno: 2023, Volume: 17, Fascicolo: 4, Pagine: 497-520 |
| Notazioni IxTheo: | NBE Antropologia NBN Ecclesiologia NCC Etica sociale RB Carica ecclesiastica |
| Altre parole chiave: | B
Consumption
B Ecclesiology B livable B Liturgy B Anthropology B City B Urbanism B Immaginazione |
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| Riepilogo: | Urbanism has become the dominant form of human dwelling, giving rise to the concept of livability, accompanied by livability indexes and city rankings. These reports provide brief bragging rights and marketing opportunities for high-ranking cities while glossing over the complex realities and inherent dangers of urban life. The issues surrounding livability rankings reveal corrupted anthropologies that prioritize the ways that one can consume a place rather than the cultivation of communities that are mutually reinforcing in their flourishing. Public theologians must work at the level of theological imagination to reclaim a vocational anthropology that places participation with God in the cultivation of community at the center of what it means to be made in the Image of God. In order to accomplish this fundamental shift, a significant and sometimes overlooked role for public theologians in the world today is serving ecclesial communities in facilitating this imagination through liturgical formation. |
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| ISSN: | 1569-7320 |
| Comprende: | Enthalten in: International journal of public theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15697320-20230103 |