Choosing Justice Over Abandonment Amidst Abundance

IF 0.7 0 RELIGION Journal of Pastoral Theology Pub Date : 2022-01-02 DOI:10.1080/10649867.2022.2059248
Liz Theoharis
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ABSTRACT This plenary presentation from the Society of Pastoral Theology Annual Meeting in June 2021 addresses the intersection of systemic racism, systemic poverty, ecological devastation, the war economy, and the false narrative of Christian Nationalism and puts forward a vision of justice that comes from listening to the needs and priorities of the 140 million poor and low-income Americans. Drawing lessons from the 1968 Poor People's Campaign, this paper suggests that poverty is not inevitable, not willed by God, nor an unfortunate accident, but the result of policy choices by political, religious, academic and health institutions. It argues that people of faith, pastoral theologians, practitioners have a role to play in building a moral movement to fully address inequality. Special attention is paid to the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival and grassroots organizing in communities across the United States in the first quarter of the twenty-first century.
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在富足中选择正义而非放弃
摘要这篇来自2021年6月牧师神学学会年会的全体演讲探讨了系统性种族主义、系统性贫困、生态破坏、战争经济和基督教民族主义虚假叙事的交叉点,并提出了一个来自倾听1.4亿贫困和低收入美国人需求和优先事项的正义愿景。本文从1968年的穷人运动中吸取教训,认为贫困不是不可避免的,不是上帝的意志,也不是不幸的事故,而是政治、宗教、学术和卫生机构政策选择的结果。它认为,有信仰的人、田园神学家和实践者在建立一场全面解决不平等问题的道德运动中可以发挥作用。特别关注穷人运动:二十一世纪第一季度美国各地社区的道德复兴和基层组织的全国呼吁。
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