Artists and the Poor: A Dialogue for Fullness of Life
Across Europe, the decline and closure of churches in inner-city areas is indicative of social and economic change, population shift and secularisation. The same areas have become sites of poverty and loneliness but also regeneration, often led by artists and attracting bourgeois Bohemians/hipsters....
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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2020
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| In: |
Fullness of Life and Justice for All
Year: 2020, Pages: 153-168 |
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| Summary: | Across Europe, the decline and closure of churches in inner-city areas is indicative of social and economic change, population shift and secularisation. The same areas have become sites of poverty and loneliness but also regeneration, often led by artists and attracting bourgeois Bohemians/hipsters. How do we respond to this challenge of living and preaching the ‘good life for all’ in a situation of loss and change of identity, but also of new opportunity? In this article, I will try to respond to this question through a case study of the Dominican apostolate in one such area, the parish of St... |
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| ISBN: | 1925679438 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Fullness of Life and Justice for All
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/j.ctv16t6ms2.14 |