| 제목 | The Church Response to Issues of National concern: A case study HI V/AIDS |
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| 저자 |
Andrew A. Bangura |
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The Church Response to Issues of National concern , A case study HI V AIDS _Andrew A. Bangura.pdf
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| 논문 구분 | 일반논문 신학/철학 |
| 발행 기관 | 춘계학술대회 |
| 발행 정보 | (통권 20호) |
| 발행 년월 | 2013년 06월 |
| 국문 초록 | The church is living in a world that is going through a turbulent time with many problems to manage. The problems such as famine, sicknesses without cure, nuclear weapons, economic crisis, terrorism, rebel wars, human trafficking, women’s and children’s right, religious conflicts, natural disasters etc, have preoccupied the world. The question many have asked is what is the role of the church in such issues? Many have accused the church of not doing much in contributing to the alleviation of these menaces. Someone has described the church as a “sleeping giant” in the midst of national concerns. Others have described her as “she is so heavenly minded that she is not of any earthly use”. If this accusations are true, it means the church have forgotten the cultural mandate of shaping culture. Not only that, the church has failed to know that she is still in the world and her members are part of the society in which she is situated. Christians should not behave like what Paul Borthwick stated “So I have decided that my faith applies to my religious life but not to the world around me” (Borthwick, 1996, 12). Jesus prayer in John 17:15‐16 pointed out the church is in the world but not of the world to the extent that Jesus asked the father not to take her form the world but to keep her from the evil one. The solution of the world’s problem is in God through the church as agent of change. There is no way the church can fulfill her mandate with a not concern attitude towards problems plaguing the world. To this Femi Adeleye suggested two reasons why the church is not making impact I want to suggest two reasons why our impact in society ids not visible. One is the integrity crisis we have as a church in terms of the gap between our beliefs and practices. the second factor is that too many of us who know the truth and whose lives have been transformed remain isolated in our church ghettos’, wrapped up in our cozy ‘plastic bags’, worshiping and praising the Lord whiles His world is decaying further and is in darkness. We are like the salt that is confined in the salt shaker (Adeleye 1999, 123‐124). |
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