Operating in a "site of struggle": Church structures, theological stance and the activist clergyperson

dc.contributor.author	Egan, Anthony
dc.date.accessioned	2012-06-19T06:34:36Z
dc.date.available	2012-06-19T06:34:36Z
dc.date.issued	2012-05
dc.identifier.citation	Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, vol 38, no 1, pp 179-196	en
dc.identifier.issn	1017-0499
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/5830
dc.description	Peer reviewed	en
dc.description.abstract	The article proposes that one needs to understand the “action space” of an activist clergyperson in the constraints of his/her church’s structures which often form a kind of “Ideological State Apparatus” that limits activism. A more democratic church structure does not necessarily make for greater action space; nor does a liberal theology necessarily translate into effective political praxis. The article concludes with the opinion that a lot more work needs to be done on these structural issues for a better understanding of the role of clergy as activists.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Church History Society of Southern Africa	en
dc.title	Operating in a "site of struggle": Church structures, theological stance and the activist clergyperson	en
dc.type	Article	en