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A perspective of Christianity on civil disobedience : a study of Hong Kong’s Occupy Central and the Umbrella Movement

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01/06/2018
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Chu, Ann Gillian
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This paper argues that Christian churches should educate their congregants on sociopolitical issues, so that both the church and individual congregants can speak to the world prophetically, as a part of Jesus’ teaching in caring for the weak. Civil disobedience should not be the main means for the church to express social concerns. Rather, a godly life that witnesses Jesus as Lord should be how Christians exert their power to effect changes in society. This witness cannot be short-term, like civil disobedience is so often; it must be sustained and life-long.
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Chu , A G 2018 , ' A perspective of Christianity on civil disobedience : a study of Hong Kong’s Occupy Central and the Umbrella Movement ' , Resonance - a Theological Journal , vol. 4 , no. 2 , 4 , pp. 34-41 .
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Resonance - a Theological Journal
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© 2018 by Splintered Light Press. This work has been made available online with permission. This is the final published version of the work, which was originally published at https://theologicalresonance.com/library/vol-4-2-christianity-culture/
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https://theologicalresonance.com/library/vol-4-2-christianity-culture/
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/16165

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