Compassion for the Sinned Against
“People are not only willful violators of God's law, they are also the violated. This realization must have a bearing on our evangelism … The gospel which ignores the sinned against may work among the middle class … But it cannot possibly work among the overwhelming majority in Asia—peasants an...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
1980
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Theology today
Year: 1980, Volume: 37, Issue: 2, Pages: 162-169 |
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Summary: | “People are not only willful violators of God's law, they are also the violated. This realization must have a bearing on our evangelism … The gospel which ignores the sinned against may work among the middle class … But it cannot possibly work among the overwhelming majority in Asia—peasants and workers who are poor … Compassion for people is possible only when we perceive people as the sinned against.” |
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ISSN: | 2044-2556 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology today
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/004057368003700202 |