Christian discipleship and active citizenry
INTRODUCTION
Why discipleship and citizenry? Karen Armstrong writes that
“In the West we have deliberately excluded religion from political life and
regard faith as an essentially private activity. But this is a modern
development…and would have been incomprehensible to both Jesus and Paul”
{thanks so much, Michele and Gail, for lending us Armstrong’s 2015 book St
Paul, the misunderstood apostle}
In South Africa, in 2016, how does being a disciple relate
to being a citizen? What resources and guidelines can Christians draw on as
they work out how to relate to government, state, and other citizens?
There will be five separate topics in the series of
discussions.
Tuesday 16 Feb : The
disciple citizen in SA in 2016: What Roman citizenship meant to Paul, the
responsibilities of the disciple citizen SA
Tuesday 23 Feb : The
disciple citizen and God: the place the Creator dreamed for me in a political,
social and economic world. Rendering unto Caesar: who is Caesar and what must
the disciple citizen render unto him?
Tuesday 1 March The
disciple citizen and the workplace: the citizen as employee, employer, customer
and consumer.
Tuesday 8 March The
disciple citizen and the family: what do God, family and citizenship have to do
with one another?
Tuesday 15 March The disciple citizen in society: Gospel journeys in a 21st century
South Africa. Stewardship of all creation. Prophetic hope. The citizen as
a compatriot.
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