SIX STARTING POINTS FOR URBAN POOR THEOLOGIZING

(UNITY IN DIVERSITY)

BIBLICAL FOCUS	CREATION MONARCHY	EXODUS	PROPHETS	INCARNATION	CROSS	CHURCH	PAROUSIA
PRACTICAL OUTWORKING	STRUCTURING SOCIETY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT	MOVING AS A PEOPLE FROM SLAVERY TO FREEDOM	SPEAKING AGAINST SOCIAL EVILS TO THE ELITES	LIVING AMONG THE POOR SERVING VICTIMS OF SOCIETY	SACRIFICIAL LIVING FOR THE POOR   PREACHING TO THE POOR	CHURCH AS CENTER OF MEETING SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC NEEDS	ESCAPE FROM THE SUFFERINGS OF POVERTY OR ESCAPE FROM DEALING WITH POVERTY
SOME GROUPS WHO HAVE THESE FOCUSES	REFORMED STATE CHURCHES CHRISTIAN DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES	LIBERATION THEOLOGY   POOR PEOPLES THEOLOGIES	MOST OF US AT SOME POINTS	PREACHING FRIARS MANY CATHOLIC ORDERS ANABAPTISTS	FUNDAMENTALIST MISSIONS   HISTORIC CENTER	ALL SECTORS OF CHRISTIANITY EXCEPT 20TH CENTURY DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES	FUNDAMENTALIST MISSIONS PENTECOSTAL

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