The ecclesiastical crisis of human sexuality: ‘Critical solidarity’, ‘critical distance’ or ‘critical engagement’

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies

 
 
Field Value
 
Title The ecclesiastical crisis of human sexuality: ‘Critical solidarity’, ‘critical distance’ or ‘critical engagement’
 
Creator Duncan, Graham A.
 
Subject History of Christianity critical solidarity; critical distance; critical engagement; homosexuality; human sexuality; justice; prophetic voice; solidarity; Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa
Description The issue of human sexuality has many negative implications in African society. These arose in a number of contexts – legal, religious, cultural and societal – and were significantly divisive. This article examines these responses in terms of critical solidarity, critical engagement and critical distance, and attempts to find a way of considering them in the perspective of achieving justice and solidarity. The focus is on one mainline denomination, the Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa (UPCSA).Contribution: This article has implications that link subjects within the theological encyclopaedia of History of Christianity, Church Polity, Systematic Theology and Practical Theology, and other disciplines including Social Sciences such as Political Science.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
Contributor None
Date 2024-02-28
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Historical inquiry
Format text/html application/epub+zip text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/hts.v80i1.8713
 
Source HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies; Vol 80, No 1 (2024); 13 pages 2072-8050 0259-9422
 
Language eng
 
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Rights Copyright (c) 2024 Graham A. Duncan https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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