THEO 3542 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Docetism, Voluntary Sector, Sectarianism
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Church - religion - christ - jerusalem - authority - sacred. State - society - culture - athens - secular. The bridge needs windows or doors to be able to combine both. State has human rights that church learns from. Jerusalem has to say something to athens but cannot say everything or nothing. Spectrum of church world positions: inner-worldly concerns dominate, danger of: collapsed eschatology. Too much hope in history: incarnationalism, augustinian tradition with distinction between. Earthly city and city of god: expect disagreement on precise strategies. Sectarians: rely on charity voluntary sector, church-type, justice beyond charity, other worldly concerns dominate, danger of, contempus mondi.