Freedom, Love, and Justice
This article starts from love as being a fundamental value, guiding modes of behaviour that establish a reliable framework and basis for the recognition of the rights and dignity of everyone in the community. The affirmation of justice and freedom based on love leads to corrective and transformative...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2019]
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The ecumenical review
Year: 2019, Volume: 71, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 4-13 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics KDJ Ecumenism NAB Fundamental theology NCD Political ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Justice
B World Council of Churches B Unity B Love B Reconciliation B Freedom |
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| Summary: | This article starts from love as being a fundamental value, guiding modes of behaviour that establish a reliable framework and basis for the recognition of the rights and dignity of everyone in the community. The affirmation of justice and freedom based on love leads to corrective and transformative action in cases where life is threatened and rights are being violated. Drawing on the experience and witness of Martin Luther King Jr, the article underlines that love empowers the oppressed to stand up and becomes a moral imperative for change, against the background of the many forces promoting conflict and violence, division, and polarization. The power of love is a message to the world, to the powerful, and to the powerless - to all who long for a different reality from what we see in today's world. This needs to be expressed in the quest for the unity of the church and the unity of humankind, serving the sustainability and unity of God's creation. |
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| ISSN: | 1758-6623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The ecumenical review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/erev.12415 |