A Postcolonial Framework for Justification and Eco-Justice

This work proposes a relationship between eco-justice and justification by grace rooted in a phenomenological approach. The reality of structural sin experienced by persons living in economic poverty on the African continent is interpreted through the lens of Lutheran catechetical ethics. Lives of r...

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Published in:Dialog
Main Author: Nunes, John (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2016]
In: Dialog
IxTheo Classification:FD Contextual theology
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
KDD Protestant Church
NBE Anthropology
NBM Doctrine of Justification
NCC Social ethics
Further subjects:B catechetical ethics
B structural sin
B Postcolonialism
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Summary:This work proposes a relationship between eco-justice and justification by grace rooted in a phenomenological approach. The reality of structural sin experienced by persons living in economic poverty on the African continent is interpreted through the lens of Lutheran catechetical ethics. Lives of repentance will lead to incarnational interventions striving for concrete social transformation.
ISSN:1540-6385
Contains:Enthalten in: Dialog
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/dial.12238