The Prophet as a Model of a Spiritual Leader
The article investigates the role of the prophet in Israel’s society, in order to provide a model for the church today. The first part offers a brief description of Israel’s society according to the covenant, especially of its "power system." The power system in Israel appears as a "m...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2020
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Spes christiana
Year: 2020, Volume: 31, Issue: 2, Pages: 147-160 |
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| Summary: | The article investigates the role of the prophet in Israel’s society, in order to provide a model for the church today. The first part offers a brief description of Israel’s society according to the covenant, especially of its "power system." The power system in Israel appears as a "mobile power system" (Trigano), which combines reality with a "utopian vision" of the world. Furthermore, in that power system the prophet appears as its "mobile part," a permanent correction: "God's voice in the city" (Trigano). In a more concrete way, the prophets call to follow a "politics of justice" in the name of the covenant. The second part tries to apply the "prophetical ministry" to the life of the church. We observe that the gospel integrates the prophets’ "politics of justice" with the mission of the church - cf. Lk 4:16‒21. Accordingly, we try to describe the church’s mission as an "integral evangelization," which includes this "politics of justice" as a fundamental part of its mission. We also try to define the role of the pastor in two categories which derive from the "prophetical ministry:" the "pastor-evangelist" and the "pastor-theologian." |
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| ISSN: | 0935-7467 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Spes christiana
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.17613/n760-x742 |