A Spirituality for Public Life
It is not always easy for Christians to cultivate the sort of consciousness necessary to support our lives as citizens. In recent years, we have been given some new resources for this task, with new perspectives on “public theology” and the civic virtues. But it is also necessary to attend to the sp...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
2005
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Theology today
Year: 2005, Volume: 61, Issue: 4, Pages: 471-484 |
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| Summary: | It is not always easy for Christians to cultivate the sort of consciousness necessary to support our lives as citizens. In recent years, we have been given some new resources for this task, with new perspectives on “public theology” and the civic virtues. But it is also necessary to attend to the spiritual dimensions of our public consciousness. Attention is given here to how the churches, as “schools of public virtue” (Thiemann), can help to nurture a public spirituality that features a sense of our finitude, empathy toward others, and an “art appreciation” approach to those with whom we disagree. |
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| ISSN: | 2044-2556 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology today
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/004057360506100407 |