The church: defender of theocapitalism?

From: Currents in Theology and Mission | Date: October 1, 2002| Author: Beaudoin, Tom | Copyright information

The church's mission to young adults today, if it really is the mission of the church, will always both presuppose and yield a theological interpretation of the situation in which young adults concretely live. That is to say, every program of ministry both presumes and funds theology of culture. Given this inescapable dimension of the church's relationship with young adults, it is the purpose of this lecture to introduce an approach to theologically interpreting one key aspect of y...

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