Living Away from Home - and Loving It: Tweaking a Christian Metaphor
Motivated by recent world and local events, this article puts the case for rethinking the notions of “home” and “homing” in both their human and specifically Christian dimensions. The metaphor of “home” sustains subversion in two contexts: the philosophico-literary, and the spiritual-theological. In...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
2002
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Pacifica
Year: 2002, Volume: 15, Issue: 2, Pages: 123-137 |
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| Summary: | Motivated by recent world and local events, this article puts the case for rethinking the notions of “home” and “homing” in both their human and specifically Christian dimensions. The metaphor of “home” sustains subversion in two contexts: the philosophico-literary, and the spiritual-theological. In this light, both the “is” of common experience and the “ought” of the Gospel message provide a nuanced interpretation of “heading for home”. Taking this interpretation seriously allows us to celebrate “living away from home”, by drawing upon its values and energies while escaping its tyrannies. |
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| ISSN: | 1839-2598 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Pacifica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/1030570X0201500201 |