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The Silent Church. Seventh-day Adventism, Human Rights and Modern Adventist Social Ethics.
Zdravko Plantak
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Description for The Silent Church. Seventh-day Adventism, Human Rights and Modern Adventist Social Ethics.
Paperback. This volume examines the church's history, theology and ethics in order to discover reasons for the inconsistencies in its approach to human rights issues. Plantak identifies certain historical, pragmatic and theological issues and examines three major issues of social ethics, the 'New Theology' and Adventist theological thinking. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; HPQ; HRCC2; HRCC99; HRCM; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 482.
The relationship between the Adventist church and society at large has always been ambiguous. One reason for this has been the church's inarticulate social ethics. While the church upheld the concept of human dignity, promoted religious liberty and sided with the poor, nationalism and racism developed among its members. Women in the church were also unfairly treated. Zdravko Plantak confronts this problem head-on. He begins by looking at the church's history, theology and ethics in order to discover reasons for the inconsistencies in its approach to human rights, and then moves on to propose a more comprehensive approach to its ... Read more
The relationship between the Adventist church and society at large has always been ambiguous. One reason for this has been the church's inarticulate social ethics. While the church upheld the concept of human dignity, promoted religious liberty and sided with the poor, nationalism and racism developed among its members. Women in the church were also unfairly treated. Zdravko Plantak confronts this problem head-on. He begins by looking at the church's history, theology and ethics in order to discover reasons for the inconsistencies in its approach to human rights, and then moves on to propose a more comprehensive approach to its ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
Number of Pages
271
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333724484
SKU
V9780333724484
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About Zdravko Plantak
Zdravko Plantak is Pastor in London and Kent, and an international speaker on Adventist issues.
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