BLUE THEOLOGY AND WATERSHED DISCIPLESHIP IN SOUTH AFRICA
In an era increasingly shaped by escalating water crises, Ched Myers calls the church to watershed discipleship, arguing that watershed discipleship is a faithful response to Christian mission amidst a looming environmental catastrophe. The practical application of a traditional creation care parad...
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In an era increasingly shaped by escalating water crises, Ched Myers calls the church to watershed discipleship, arguing that watershed discipleship is a faithful response to Christian mission amidst a looming environmental catastrophe. The practical application of a traditional creation care paradigm can remain abstract, a-contextual and cosmetic; insufficiently radical in its diagnosis – remaining located in the political geography of dominant cultural ideation rather than in the topography of creation. Watershed discipleship has the potential to offer a postcolonial interpretation of the great commission as the incarnational yet missional re-inhabiting of the places in which we reside. In South Africa, a region beset with severe droughts and where water demand is outstripping supply, the work of Myers is hardly known. Building on Myers, the argument and application of watershed discipleship to a South African context will be demonstrated.
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| spelling | doaj-art-364f3548996d46858c2c1cf0837d78142025-02-11T09:46:43ZengUniversity of the Free StateActa Theologica1015-87582309-90892019-12-0139210.38140/at.v39i2.4103BLUE THEOLOGY AND WATERSHED DISCIPLESHIP IN SOUTH AFRICA In an era increasingly shaped by escalating water crises, Ched Myers calls the church to watershed discipleship, arguing that watershed discipleship is a faithful response to Christian mission amidst a looming environmental catastrophe. The practical application of a traditional creation care paradigm can remain abstract, a-contextual and cosmetic; insufficiently radical in its diagnosis – remaining located in the political geography of dominant cultural ideation rather than in the topography of creation. Watershed discipleship has the potential to offer a postcolonial interpretation of the great commission as the incarnational yet missional re-inhabiting of the places in which we reside. In South Africa, a region beset with severe droughts and where water demand is outstripping supply, the work of Myers is hardly known. Building on Myers, the argument and application of watershed discipleship to a South African context will be demonstrated. https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/at/article/view/4103WaterBlue theologyBioregionalismChed Myers |
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| title | BLUE THEOLOGY AND WATERSHED DISCIPLESHIP IN SOUTH AFRICA |
| title_full | BLUE THEOLOGY AND WATERSHED DISCIPLESHIP IN SOUTH AFRICA |
| title_fullStr | BLUE THEOLOGY AND WATERSHED DISCIPLESHIP IN SOUTH AFRICA |
| title_full_unstemmed | BLUE THEOLOGY AND WATERSHED DISCIPLESHIP IN SOUTH AFRICA |
| title_short | BLUE THEOLOGY AND WATERSHED DISCIPLESHIP IN SOUTH AFRICA |
| title_sort | blue theology and watershed discipleship in south africa |
| topic | Water Blue theology Bioregionalism Ched Myers |
| url | https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/at/article/view/4103 |