Beyond Help: diakonia in the Contemporary Church
The argument of this paper is that, partly under the influence of a secularized conception of ethics, diakonia has often also been misconstrued as an activity done by a more privileged group to a needier one. It draws on the witness of the New Testament, and on contemporary Catholic thought, to argu...
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| 格式: | 电子 文件 |
| 语言: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2019]
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Political theology
Year: 2019, 卷: 20, 发布: 8, Pages: 631-642 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bibel. Neues Testament
/ diakonia
/ 服事
/ 贫穷
/ 小区工作
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament NCC Social ethics RK Charity work |
| Further subjects: | B
Catholic Social Teaching
B Social Action B Ecclesiology B Diakonia B Charity B community organizing B 宣教 |
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| 总结: | The argument of this paper is that, partly under the influence of a secularized conception of ethics, diakonia has often also been misconstrued as an activity done by a more privileged group to a needier one. It draws on the witness of the New Testament, and on contemporary Catholic thought, to argue for a vision of diakonia as a ministry exercised by, and not just for, the poorest - and offers Christian engagement in community organizing as an embodiment of that vision. |
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| ISSN: | 1743-1719 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Political theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/1462317X.2019.1695404 |