عنوان

Exploring Local Church Praxis of Public Theology

شماره

LA112948

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Exploring Local Church Praxis of Public Theology

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Darren Cronshaw

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

The Baptist Union of Victoria (BUV) encourages local churches to give priority to contributing to the well-being of their local neighbourhoods through community engagement and advocacy. This commitment to holistic mission and local community development is an integral part of the public theology of local churches, given Elaine Graham's argument that 'practical care and service constitutes the essential praxis of public theology'. But to what extent does the reality of BUV local church mission match this rhetoric? The 2016 National Church Life Survey (NCLS) helps identify what community service BUV churches and their members are involved in. This article discusses the statistical state-wide responses of Victorian Baptists from NCLS 2016, together with interview responses from church leaders. It explores aspects of community development most valued by attenders, where church members are volunteering, and how and where churches are providing social services, prophetic advocacy and environmental care. This denominational case study illustrates that churches offering social services and fostering advocacy and creation care are functioning as the local praxis of public theology. The Baptist Union of Victoria (BUV) encourages local churches to give priority to contributing to the well-being of their local neighbourhoods through community engagement and advocacy. This commitment to holistic mission and local community development is an integral part of the public theology of local churches, given Elaine Graham's argument that 'practical care and service constitutes the essential praxis of public theology'. But to what extent does the reality of BUV local church mission match this rhetoric? The 2016 National Church Life Survey (NCLS) helps identify what community service BUV churches and their members are involved in. This article discusses the statistical state-wide responses of Victorian Baptists from NCLS 2016, together with interview responses from church leaders. It explores aspects of community development most valued by attenders, where church members are volunteering, and how and where churches are providing social services, prophetic advocacy and environmental care. This denominational case study illustrates that churches offering social services and fostering advocacy and creation care are functioning as the local praxis of public theology.

تاريخ نشر

2020

توصيف ظاهري

68-96

عنوان

International Journal of Public Theology

شماره جلد

14/1

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1569-7320

اصطلاح موضوعی

advocacy

اصطلاح موضوعی

community development

اصطلاح موضوعی

environmental care

اصطلاح موضوعی

public theology

اصطلاح موضوعی

social justice

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Darren Cronshaw

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/15697320-12341601

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y