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Lutheran Preaching and the Quest for Humanization and Planetary Justice: A Perspective from Brazil
Author(s) -
De Souza Mauro B.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
dialog
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.114
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 1540-6385
pISSN - 0012-2033
DOI - 10.1111/j.0012-2033.2004.00220.x
Subject(s) - injustice , economic justice , globalization , perspective (graphical) , context (archaeology) , sociology , environmental ethics , latin americans , local church , social science , aesthetics , political science , law , philosophy , art , history , visual arts , archaeology
: Since economic globalization hides the roots of injustice and internationalizes its consequences, any attempt to preach (which necessarily means to preach justice) must address the local church and at the same time the wider global context, hence the term “planetary justice.” This article describes the current approach to Lutheran preaching in Latin America and specifically the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brazil (IECLB). The article offers the following suggestions for Lutheran preaching throughout the world: hold form and content in creative tension; present justification as liberation; strive for a biocentric, gender conscious, and planetary symbiotic homiletic.