The Discipline of Lament for Fostering Diversity in Christian Camping
This essay offers lament as a way to address the underrepresentation of minorities in Christian camp ministries in the United States. I propose that diversity may be deficient at majority camps when they function as white spaces, a socio-cultural phenomenon that tends to alienate People of Color. To...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2023
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Christian scholar's review
Year: 2023, Volume: 53, Issue: 1, Pages: 45-65 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality CH Christianity and Society KBQ North America NBE Anthropology RF Christian education; catechetics ZB Sociology |
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| Summary: | This essay offers lament as a way to address the underrepresentation of minorities in Christian camp ministries in the United States. I propose that diversity may be deficient at majority camps when they function as white spaces, a socio-cultural phenomenon that tends to alienate People of Color. To address this, I contextualize the discipline of lament, a theoretical framework proposed by reconciliation theologians Emanuel Katongole and Chris Rice. Using examples from Christian camping, Christian lament can tackle cultural disparities by unlearning the alienating tendencies of speed, distance, and innocence by learning reconciliatory practices of pilgrimage, relocation, and public confession. |
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