A Theology of Religious and Cultural Tolerance in a Pluralistic Context from Amos 2:1-3
The thesis of this article is that Amos 2:1-3 teaches religious and cultural tolerance in a pluralistic context. Amos 2:1-3 is a bizarre text which deals with an act of desecration: the king of Moab burning the king of Edom's bones. The shocking question this text raises is: why would YHWH the...
| Published in: | The Evangelical quarterly |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2016
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The Evangelical quarterly
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| IxTheo Classification: | BC Ancient Orient; religion HB Old Testament NBN Ecclesiology |
| Further subjects: | B
Exclusivism
B Evangelistic work B Evangelism B indusivism B Tolerance B Christianity B syncreticism B Pluralism B EXCLUSIVITY (Religion) B Covenant B Religious B Bible. Amos 2,1-3 B Mission B God |
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| Summary: | The thesis of this article is that Amos 2:1-3 teaches religious and cultural tolerance in a pluralistic context. Amos 2:1-3 is a bizarre text which deals with an act of desecration: the king of Moab burning the king of Edom's bones. The shocking question this text raises is: why would YHWH the one true God and savior of Israel care about how one pagan king treated another dead pagan king? The juxtaposition of exclusivism and pluralism is the precise mechanism that generates a theology of religious and cultural tolerance from Amos 2:1-3. The second installment of this study makes a practical application of this theology entitled 'From Marilyn Manson to Amos: Navigating Pluralism in the Twenty-first Century West'. |
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| ISSN: | 2772-5472 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Evangelical quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/27725472-08803005 |