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Ekklesia in the Midst of Public Outrage Today
Author(s) -
Bloomquist Karen L.
Publication year - 2012
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.1540-6385.2011.00655.x
Subject(s) - outrage , betrayal , meaning (existential) , dream , metaphor , history , media studies , sociology , political science , aesthetics , psychology , art , law , epistemology , philosophy , linguistics , neuroscience , politics
: How are recent widespread movements of public outrage a wake‐up call to churches? Where are there similarities between these movements and what the church is called to be about? How can false gods, hopes, and desires be exposed pastorally? How can the “subversive remembering” of Word and sacrament bring depth to accompany these movements and meaning to the downturns or betrayal of the” American dream” that people are experiencing?