Framing the Global Ethos

This article summarizes the major themes and perspectives developed in dialogue with scholars and clergy from Asia, Africa, and the North Atlantic region and treated in detail in the four-volume series God and Globalization (2000–2007). Here specific attention is given to the tasks of theology and t...

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Published in:Theology Today
Main Author: Stackhouse, Max L.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 2010
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/004057361006600402
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/004057361006600402
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Summary:This article summarizes the major themes and perspectives developed in dialogue with scholars and clergy from Asia, Africa, and the North Atlantic region and treated in detail in the four-volume series God and Globalization (2000–2007). Here specific attention is given to the tasks of theology and the implicit roles of the church in view of the pervasive dynamics of globalization in every sphere of social life. The article concludes with a proposal regarding the changing vocation of theology amid the new social ecumenicity now taking shape around the world.