Christianity and social reform

Mark Hutchinson

Christianity and social reform

Mark Hutchinson

School of Social Sciences

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Abstract

Christianity is a religion of reform ... personal, social, structural, and communal. It not only reforms those involved in it" it also changes the rules in the societies where it is a vibrant witness. The result is not merely a tally of 'reform projects' akin to our modern NGOs, but a transformative process that has stretched across 2000 years. This process began i the early church, was nuanced through the Constantinian period, and is now owned, institutionalised and projected through the differing cultural mechanisms of the Western, Eastern and increasingly global churches as they embed themselves in their social settings.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Another way to love : Christian social reform and global poverty
Editors	Tim Costello, Rod Yule
Place of Publication	Brunswick East, Vic.
Publisher	Acorn Press
Pages	89-109
Number of pages	21
ISBN (Print)	9780908284825
Publication status	Published - 2009

Keywords

church and social problems
Christianity

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