Description |
xxi, 134 pages ; 22 cm. |
Series |
Concilium, 0010-5236 ; 198 (4/1988) |
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Concilium (Glen Rock, N.J.) ; v. 198.
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Contents |
Concilium 198 special column: The Seoul olympics / John A. Coleman -- Diakonia: church for others -- Editorial / Norbert Greinacher, Norbert Mette -- Part I: Distress that calls to heaven, focus on human need -- A divided world. Can we escape mutual injury and self-destruction? / Adebayo Adedeji -- Victims in the affluent society / Gregory Baum -- Part II: 'I see the distress of my people'; divine compassion as a Christian commission -- Good news to the poor / Carlos H. Abesamis -- 'Making earth into heaven': diakonia in the early church / Norbert Brox -- Chuch for others / Ottmar Fuchs -- The prophetic diakonia: the church's contribution to forming humanity's future / Frei Betto -- Part III: Areas of conflict in diaconal praxis -- Diakonia in the church of the rich and the church of the poor: a comparative study in empirical ecclesiology / Hermann Steinkamp -- Solidarity with the lowliest: parish growth through the witness of practical service / Norbert Mette -- 'Waiting at table': a critical feminist theological reflection on diakonia / Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza -- Diakonia in universal context: an African point of view / Patrick Kalilombe -- Diakonia as an agency in the welfare state / Johannes Degen -- Cultural diakonia / Gotthard Fuchs -- Prospect -- 'But if you say so!' A plea for a church of the diakonia / Ulrich Bach. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Subject |
Service (Theology)
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Added Author |
Greinacher, Norbert, 1931-2022
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Mette, Norbert, 1946-
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Gardiner, James Aitken.
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ISBN |
0567300781 |
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