Neighborhood Resilience as an Objective of Congregational Social Action
As the scope of state social welfare is reduced, churches and other faith-based organizations are invited into the public realm to help "plug the gap." This warrants a theological exploration and assessment of community focused diaconal ministries. Much church-based social action seeks to...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2019]
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| In: |
Political theology
Year: 2019, Volume: 20, Issue: 8, Pages: 643-656 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Great Britain
/ Welfare state (motif)
/ Church
/ Social engagement
/ Neighborhood
/ Resilience (Personality trait)
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| IxTheo Classification: | KBF British Isles NCC Social ethics RK Charity work ZC Politics in general |
| Further subjects: | B
Social Action
B Church B diakonía B Spiritual Capital B Welfare State B Eschatology B Resilience |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Summary: | As the scope of state social welfare is reduced, churches and other faith-based organizations are invited into the public realm to help "plug the gap." This warrants a theological exploration and assessment of community focused diaconal ministries. Much church-based social action seeks to fill-in or fix a fragmenting welfare system, and therefore it often lacks a distinctively Christian theological grounding. The Church should seek a reintegration of its social ministries and spiritual life. This will necessitate a move away from public action that is symbiotic with the public welfare system and towards a mode that is semiotic, pointing to an eschatological horizon. Against dominant community franchising, service provision, or justice campaign approaches, congregational social action should seek to support neighborhood resilience through the building of what could be called "spiritual capital." |
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| ISSN: | 1743-1719 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Political theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/1462317X.2019.1694281 |