Artists and the Poor: A Dialogue for Fullness of Life

Across Europe, the decline and closure of churches in inner-city areas is indicative of social and economic change, population shift and secularisation. The same areas have become sites of poverty and loneliness but also regeneration, often led by artists and attracting bourgeois Bohemians/hipsters....

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Published in:Fullness of Life and Justice for All
Main Author: White, Dominic (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: ATF Press 2020
In: Fullness of Life and Justice for All
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Summary:Across Europe, the decline and closure of churches in inner-city areas is indicative of social and economic change, population shift and secularisation. The same areas have become sites of poverty and loneliness but also regeneration, often led by artists and attracting bourgeois Bohemians/hipsters. How do we respond to this challenge of living and preaching the ‘good life for all’ in a situation of loss and change of identity, but also of new opportunity? In this article, I will try to respond to this question through a case study of the Dominican apostolate in one such area, the parish of St...
ISBN:1925679438
Contains:Enthalten in: Fullness of Life and Justice for All
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/j.ctv16t6ms2.14