“Consider, Take Counsel, and Speak Out” (Judges 19:30): Contemplative, Dialogical and Prophetic Dimensions of Christian Ministry

This article proposes that the Objects of the College listed in the Act of Parliament are as pertinent for church and society today as they were in 1910 when the Melbourne College of Divinity was established. Economic, ecological, and fiducial failures of previously respected institutions confront c...

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Main Author: Confoy, Maryanne (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. 2010
In: Pacifica
Year: 2010, Volume: 23, Issue: 2, Pages: 212-232
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Summary:This article proposes that the Objects of the College listed in the Act of Parliament are as pertinent for church and society today as they were in 1910 when the Melbourne College of Divinity was established. Economic, ecological, and fiducial failures of previously respected institutions confront contemporary humanity with a new urgency in responding to the reconstruction of relationships. The disintegrating situation of the Israelites in Judges 19 is analogous to that presently facing the human community. The mandate in following the appalling story of the dismembering of the concubine, to “consider, take counsel and speak out” offers an approach to Christian ministry that is contemplative in its foundations, dialogical in its processes and prophetic in its consequences.
ISSN:1839-2598
Contains:Enthalten in: Pacifica
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/1030570X1002300206