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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doaj-ec392675585045ea81d13ebc45a508ca2020-11-25T00:37:16ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442020-02-011129710.3390/rel11020097rel11020097Confession and Hope: Ekklesia’s Task in the Global EmergencyTimothy Gorringe0Department of Religion and Theology, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4PY, UKHumanity 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.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/11/2/97global emergencyconsumerismneo-liberalismekklesiaconfessionstrength and weakness |
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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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