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Chapter Four of Evangelii Gaudium : The Social Dimension of Evangelization
Author(s) -
Himes Kenneth
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international review of mission
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.118
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 1758-6631
pISSN - 0020-8582
DOI - 10.1111/irom.12093
Subject(s) - proclamation , gospel , christian ministry , economic justice , sociology , dimension (graph theory) , environmental ethics , political science , law , theology , philosophy , mathematics , pure mathematics
This contribution summarizes the four major sections of Chapter Four of Evangelii Gaudium , and offers reflections about the papal text. It concludes with Pope Francis’ proclamation that the kerygma is at the heart of evangelization, but that the gospel message has necessary social implications. Chief among those implications are treating the poor with justice and building cultures of peace through social dialogue. Francis is not the first to say these things, but he brings a genuine modesty to expectations about the role of the Petrine ministry within the process of evangelization. He also brings a direct and urgent style to articulate the centrality of the social dimension of evangelization.