On “Living Water”: A Baptismal Practical Theology for a Time of Water Crisis
Just as baptism holds within it the possibility and even promise of life, new birth, suffering, and death, so too does its ordinary element of water: in it is the full, embodied, and vulnerable reach of life and death. In the waters of baptism is the promise of new life, but not a life absent suffer...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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| In: |
Interpretation
Year: 2024, Volume: 78, Issue: 1, Pages: 51-62 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ecological theology
/ Environmental ethics (motif)
/ Baptism
/ Water
/ Ecology
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| IxTheo Classification: | NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics RA Practical theology |
| Further subjects: | B
Water
B Practical Theology B Baptism B Environmental Ethics B Ecology B Ecotheology |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | Just as baptism holds within it the possibility and even promise of life, new birth, suffering, and death, so too does its ordinary element of water: in it is the full, embodied, and vulnerable reach of life and death. In the waters of baptism is the promise of new life, but not a life absent suffering, risk, or moral complexity. This essay presents a baptismally-grounded practical theological reflection upon the precarious status of baptism’s central element, water, in a time of extreme weather, economic exploitation, and depleting stores of fresh water. |
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| ISSN: | 2159-340X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Interpretation
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/00209643231202796 |
