Confession and Hope: Ekklesia’s Task in the Global Emergency

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. Ek...

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Main Author:	Timothy Gorringe
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2020-02-01
Series:	Religions
Subjects:	global emergency consumerism neo-liberalism ekklesia confession strength and weakness
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/11/2/97

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title	Confession and Hope: Ekklesia’s Task in the Global Emergency
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description	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.
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Confession and Hope: Ekklesia’s Task in the Global Emergency

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