Dealing with Ethnocentrism in this Generation
This article discusses how the Christian Church can respond to the current wave of ethnocentrism and how she can avoid ethno-confessionalism. Ethnocentrism is to be distinguished from healthy patriotism. The author points to the biblical concept of ecclesia and argues that the Church is by definitio...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2017]
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European journal of theology
Year: 2017, Volume: 26, Issue: 2, Pages: 154-161 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KDG Free church NBE Anthropology NBN Ecclesiology |
| Summary: | This article discusses how the Christian Church can respond to the current wave of ethnocentrism and how she can avoid ethno-confessionalism. Ethnocentrism is to be distinguished from healthy patriotism. The author points to the biblical concept of ecclesia and argues that the Church is by definition inclusive. He criticises the well-known concepts of homogeneous churches and 'church for others' as inadequate, and points instead to a 'church with others' as a representative of Cod's kingdom, whose aim is the transformation of the whole of life. Finally he argues that the kingdom orientation of the Church has a number of consequences for her development on earth. |
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| ISSN: | 0960-2720 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: European journal of theology
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