Prophetic public theology

In 1985 South Africa adopted the Kairos Document, which is in essence a prophetic public theology, to use as a guide for their civil rights battle against Apartheid. This article establishes an argument for as well as an example of a prophetic public theology for the US to use as a guide as it addre...

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Main Author: Williams, Byron (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2014
In: Review and expositor
Year: 2014, Volume: 111, Issue: 2, Pages: 159-170
Further subjects:B Ethics
B Public Policy
B Morality
B plutonomy
B new poor
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Summary:In 1985 South Africa adopted the Kairos Document, which is in essence a prophetic public theology, to use as a guide for their civil rights battle against Apartheid. This article establishes an argument for as well as an example of a prophetic public theology for the US to use as a guide as it addresses the never-ending battle against entrenched poverty and the growing concern(s) around a developing “plutonomy,” the fading middle class and the “new poor.”
ISSN:2052-9449
Contains:Enthalten in: Review and expositor
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0034637314525008