Forum-ing: Signature practice for public theological discourse

This article introduces a unique model for public theological conversation and discourse, which was developed by the Concerned Black Clergy of Atlanta (CBC). It was a model developed in response to the problems of poverty, homelessness, and the ‘missing and murdered children’ victimised in Atlanta,...

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Main Author: Wimberly, Edward P. 1943- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2014
In: HTS teologiese studies
Year: 2014, Volume: 70, Issue: 1
Further subjects:B Public Theological Discourse
B Forum-Ing
B Concerned Black Clergy of Atlanta
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