“I Must Honestly Confess That I Am Afraid of You”: Prophetic Preaching as Public Theological Engagement in a Context of Socio-Political Fear
Abstract Fear is a global phenomenon that impacts individuals, institutions, and nations. Fear is associated with the experience of some form of threat, for example, the fear of a specific enemy. The increase in socio-political uprisings in many contexts around the world is contributing towards an e...
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2021
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International journal of public theology
Year: 2021, Volume: 15, Issue: 3, Pages: 369-384 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CH Christianity and Society KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBN Sub-Saharan Africa RE Homiletics |
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Fear
B Advocacy B prophetic preaching B Allan Boesak B prophetic policymaking B Public Theology B Letter writing |
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