Confession and Hope
Ekklesia's Task in the Global Emergency
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3188217 |
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| Authors | Timothy Gorringe, T P Gorringe (0000-0002-3653-3533, University of Exeter, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 97 |
| Publication date | 2020-02-20 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel11020097 |
| OpenAlex | W3007856324 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
Humanity is currently faced with deadly dangers that could bring about the breakdown of civilization, and even the end of human life on earth in short order. The Marxist and Green thinker Rudolf Bahro spoke of a 'logic of salvation', which involved a return to the idea of God. Ekklesia arose as a witness to such a logic of salvation. It can be understood as a social movement, that sketches out a prefigurative politics that can then be realised. The contemporary church needs to recover this understanding, adopting climate change as a confessional issue that defines its common life. This could be part of a practical logic of salvation
Business · Civilization · Confessional · Environmental ethics · Humanity · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Witness · Christian Theology and Mission · Engineering · Law · Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies · Philosophy · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics
| Highly cited | No |
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