Blue Theology and Watershed Discipleship in South Africa
In an era increasingly shaped by escalating water crises, Ched Myers calls the church to watershed discipleship, arguing that watershed discipleship is a faithful response to Christian mission amidst a looming environmental catastrophe. The practical application of a traditional creation care paradi...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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[2019]
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Acta theologica
Year: 2019, Volume: 39, Issue: 2, Pages: 31-47 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mission (international law
/ Ideology
/ New settlement
/ Water
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IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KBN Sub-Saharan Africa NCC Social ethics NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics |
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Summary: | In an era increasingly shaped by escalating water crises, Ched Myers calls the church to watershed discipleship, arguing that watershed discipleship is a faithful response to Christian mission amidst a looming environmental catastrophe. The practical application of a traditional creation care paradigm can remain abstract, a-contextual and cosmetic; insufficiently radical in its diagnosis - remaining located in the political geography of dominant cultural ideation rather than in the topography of creation. Watershed discipleship has the potential to offer a postcolonial interpretation of the great commission as the incarnational yet missional re-inhabiting of the places in which we reside. In South Africa, a region beset with severe droughts and where water demand is outstripping supply, the work of Myers is hardly known. Building on Myers, the argument and application of watershed discipleship to a South African context will be demonstrated. |
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ISSN: | 2309-9089 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Acta theologica
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.18820/23099089/actat.v39i2.3 |