His main concern was to link the identity of
Christianity with social justice, oriented in love and defined by hope.
Not exact matches
Since young adults perceive evangelical
Christianity to be... «unconcerned
with social justice», it's a shame that more evangelical churches don't know about the Just Faith program, which provides «opportunities for individuals to study and be formed by the
justice tradition articulated by the Scriptures, the Church's historical witness, theological inquiry and Church
social teaching» (from jusfaith.org/programs).
«I explain how young adults perceive evangelical
Christianity to be too political, too exclusive, old - fashioned, unconcerned
with social justice and hostile to lesbian, ga. y, bise.xual and transgender people.»
Armed
with the latest surveys, along
with personal testimonies from friends and readers, I explain how young adults perceive evangelical
Christianity to be too political, too exclusive, old - fashioned, unconcerned
with social justice and hostile to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
I identify
with hipster
Christianity's interest in
social justice and thinking about how the church is meant to be for the world (i.e. the Gospel as positive, transformative power) as opposed to against it.
I do not agree
with many of the
social & political beliefs expounded by fundamentalist Christian organizations, but it was Christ who defined
Christianity, not the fundamentalists & not the
social justice Christians.
Until recently, the Century has paid a lot more attention to
justice and sexuality than to marriage and family, while
Christianity Today has spilled much more ink on family, marriage and sexuality than on issues dealing
with social justice.
You can disagree
with how others try to bring «heaven to earth,» but please stop calling
social justice Christians» radicals» that «push the boundaries of
Christianity.»
The demans for
social justice had a close fit
with the prophetic teachings of Judaism and
Christianity.
We are well used to such Evangelicals, sharing
with them the doctrinal and moral essentials of classical
Christianity, a commitment to the Augustinian patrimony of the West, recent remarkable joint statements on justification, and much common work for the sanctity of life, Biblical standards of sexual morality,
social justice, environmental responsibility and world peace.