Poverty, Politics, and Faithful Witness in the Age of Humanitarianism
Beginning with a critique of humanitarianism, this essay explores alternative, theological ways of framing responses to the poverty and suffering of strangers. A particular focus is the differing kinds of neighbor-love at work in humanitarianism and democracy and how a christological and eschatologi...
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Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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2015
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Interpretation
Jahr: 2015, Band: 69, Heft: 4, Seiten: 447-459 |
weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Poverty
B Humanitarianism B Neighbor-love B Democracy B Repentance |
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Zusammenfassung: | Beginning with a critique of humanitarianism, this essay explores alternative, theological ways of framing responses to the poverty and suffering of strangers. A particular focus is the differing kinds of neighbor-love at work in humanitarianism and democracy and how a christological and eschatological frame of reference re-configures them so as to enable the formation of a people that seeks the flourishing of the whole. |
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ISSN: | 2159-340X |
Enthält: | Enthalten in: Interpretation
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0020964315592132 |