A diasporic Christian theology: towards an eschatological understanding of theological education in post-communist societies
Christian theology amidst post-communist societies finds itself in a precarious situation as it seeks to emerge from the competing social imaginaries of its totalitarian Soviet past and the democratic capitalism of its future. To do so, eschatological hope will need to spring eternal as it seeks und...
| Published in: | Journal of beliefs and values |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge
[2018]
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| In: |
Journal of beliefs and values
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Europe
/ Post-communism
/ Theology
/ Diaspora (Religion)
/ Eschatology
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy CA Christianity KBL Near East and North Africa |
| Further subjects: | B
Theological Education
B Theology B Ecumenism B post-communist societies |
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | Christian theology amidst post-communist societies finds itself in a precarious situation as it seeks to emerge from the competing social imaginaries of its totalitarian Soviet past and the democratic capitalism of its future. To do so, eschatological hope will need to spring eternal as it seeks understanding by faith in love of the triune God and its diverse neighbours while reckoning with its diasporic status. As such, this programmatic article succinctly circumscribes the meaning (hope), message (faith), and mission (love) of a diasporic Christian theology with an ecumenical vision predominately for university theological education under post-communist conditions. It seeks to give reason for the eschatological hope within (meaning) that is fixated on the resurrected Christ in the Spirit (message) for the wisdom and flourishing of humanity (mission). |
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| ISSN: | 1469-9362 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of beliefs and values
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13617672.2017.1381441 |