Empowerment in the perspective ecumenical diakonia
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Diaconia. Journal for the Study of Christian Social Practice. 2012, 3 (2), 185-195. 10.13109/diac.2012.3.2.185Sammendrag
Empowerment seems to be developing as a key concept in the discussion of identity and mission of diaconia. This is also true in the ecumenical movement. Recent discussions demonstrate that empowerment is also used when people in the South comment on their own context. Empowerment also has a strong biblical foundation. Still, one needs to pursue several important questions. One of them being: Who empowers whom?
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