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dc.contributor.author | Muller-Fahrenholz, Geiko![]() |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2011-01-07T12:09:54Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-01-07T12:09:54Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2000 | |
dc.description | Spine cut of Journal binding and pages scanned on flatbed EPSON Expression 10000 XL; 400dpi; text/lineart - black and white - stored to Tiff Derivation: Abbyy Fine Reader v.9 work with PNG-format (black and white); Photoshop CS3; Adobe Acrobat v.9 Web display format PDF | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | In what ways can the Churches be - or become - healing agents for their people? The article argues that churches are communities of remembering. And as remembering centers around the Crucified, the "wounded" (H Nouwen), it becomes a re-membering energy, i.e. an energy that unites what has been dismembered. It is argued that one of the most destructive aspects of contemporary societies is the "winner-syndrome". By regarding human beings as "winners" and "losers" it sets in motion merciless struggles for the "top-position" which turn out to be processes of denial and exclusion and create a downward spiral of violence. The churches' ecumenical healing ministries should begin by dismantling the matrix of denial and violence in order to create a "matrix of connectedness" that is grounded in the basic woundedness of all human beings. The author participated in the Harare Assembly of the World Council of Churches (1998) and sees his reflections as a contribution to the "Decade to Overcome Violence" which is to begin 2001. | en |
dc.description.uri | http://explore.up.ac.za/record=b1001341 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Muller-Fahrenholz, G 2000, 'Healing the wounds of the nations : towards a common mission of the Churches', HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies, vol. 56, no. 2&3, pp. 608-622. | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0259-9422 (print) | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/15510 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria | en_US |
dc.rights | Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria | en_US |
dc.subject | Ecumenical healing ministries | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Church and the world | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Healing -- Religious aspects | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Mission of the church | en |
dc.title | Healing the wounds of the nations : towards a common mission of the Churches | en |
dc.type | Article | en |