Overcoming modernity�s individualism: Becoming a community of peace in the face of violence
<p>Modernity�s understanding of the primacy of the individual represents a significant challenge to a holistic understanding of the vocation of the church. Furthermore, individualism, that is the understanding of oneself as separate and apart from others, is often the foundation for violence a...
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| description | <p>Modernity�s understanding of the primacy of the individual represents a significant challenge to a holistic understanding of the vocation of the church. Furthermore, individualism, that is the understanding of oneself as separate and apart from others, is often the foundation for violence against the other as the interconnectivity, and therefore the dependence and vulnerability inherent within a relationship, is lost. When the church is relegated to serve individuals as private and individualised belief systems, it is banished to a cold, dark cell of isolation. In order to respond to violence, the church needs to create communities that restore and reconcile relationships, thus embodying peace.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-99470aaccb13416eaa90266fc5aaf1af2022-12-22T00:59:16ZafrAOSISVerbum et Ecclesia1609-99822074-77052011-06-0132210.4102/ve.v32i2.507589Overcoming modernity�s individualism: Becoming a community of peace in the face of violenceAndrew G. Suderman0University of Pretoria<p>Modernity�s understanding of the primacy of the individual represents a significant challenge to a holistic understanding of the vocation of the church. Furthermore, individualism, that is the understanding of oneself as separate and apart from others, is often the foundation for violence against the other as the interconnectivity, and therefore the dependence and vulnerability inherent within a relationship, is lost. When the church is relegated to serve individuals as private and individualised belief systems, it is banished to a cold, dark cell of isolation. In order to respond to violence, the church needs to create communities that restore and reconcile relationships, thus embodying peace.</p>http://verbumetecclesia.org.za/index.php/VE/article/view/507peaceviolencechurchindividualismAnabaptismWilliam T. CavanaughJohn Zizioulas |
| spellingShingle | Andrew G. Suderman Overcoming modernity�s individualism: Becoming a community of peace in the face of violence Verbum et Ecclesia peace violence church individualism Anabaptism William T. Cavanaugh John Zizioulas |
| title | Overcoming modernity�s individualism: Becoming a community of peace in the face of violence |
| title_full | Overcoming modernity�s individualism: Becoming a community of peace in the face of violence |
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| title_short | Overcoming modernity�s individualism: Becoming a community of peace in the face of violence |
| title_sort | overcoming modernity�s individualism becoming a community of peace in the face of violence |
| topic | peace violence church individualism Anabaptism William T. Cavanaugh John Zizioulas |
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