RT Article
T1 Weeping, Warning, and Woe in Revelation 18: The Role of Lament in Establishing Collective Responsibility and Enabling Collective Repentance1
JF The expository times
VO 127
IS 7
SP 313
OP 328
A1 Moloney, Katherine
LA English
YR 2016
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1560748060
AB The Western world stood aghast in the wake of the factory collapse in Bangladesh, which cost the lives of over a thousand garment workers. The serious and systematic human and labour rights abuses, which mar the clothing industry, present a challenge to the church—how are we to respond? Employing Revelation 18 as a typological framework, this paper examines the role of lament (vv. 1-8) in ascribing collective responsibility and advancing collective repentance. In so doing, it seeks to determine an appropriate biblical and theological response to social sin while offering practical ministry strategies to redress the exploitation of workers in the textile industry. The paper concludes by recognising that the prophetic announcement of woe and judgement (vv. 9-24) affirms Christ’s championing of restorative justice.
K1 Bibel : Offenbarung des Johannes : 18
K1 Church
K1 CLOTHING industry employees
K1 Collective Responsibility
K1 employee rights
K1 Human Rights
K1 Injustice
K1 Lament
K1 Prophets
K1 Repentance
K1 Revelation
K1 social sin
K1 TEXTILE industry accidents
DO 10.1177/0014524615586539