{"id":41498,"date":"2019-12-13T15:30:11","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T20:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/?p=41498"},"modified":"2019-12-13T15:30:20","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T20:30:20","slug":"dean-moore-quoted-on-revised-umc-social-principles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/dean-moore-quoted-on-revised-umc-social-principles\/","title":{"rendered":"Dean Moore Quoted on Revised UMC Social Principles"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following article was originally published on December 12, 2019 by United Methodist News. Please read the full article here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Revised Social Principles reflect worldwide church<\/h2>\n

by Kathy L. Gilbert <\/span><\/p>\n

December 12, 2019 –<\/strong> The United Methodist Church has a long history of tackling complicated, controversial and contemporary topics such as polygamy, child marriage, abortion, violence and treatment of migrants.<\/span><\/p>\n

While much attention currently is focused on the church\u2019s stance on LGBTQ people, it is not the only human struggle the church prays about and addresses.<\/span><\/p>\n

For the past eight years, a diverse group of writers and editors has been revising the denomination\u2019s Social Principles, which since its founding has been an expression of the Wesleyan commitment to social holiness for The United Methodist Church.<\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0<\/span>Revised Social Principles<\/a>\u00a0crisscrossed continents, was read and studied by thousands and will land in Minneapolis in May for final review and approval at the 2020 United Methodist General Conference.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Review Revised Social Principles<\/h3>\n
To read the Revised Social Principles in one of seven languages, visit\u00a0<\/span>www.umcjustice.org\/sp2020<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The 2012 General Conference commissioned the United Methodist Board of Church and Society to revise the Social Principles to enhance its theological foundations, global relevance and meaning, along with its focus and succinctness, said the Rev. Mary Elizabeth Moore, chair of the revision team and dean of Boston University School of Theology.<\/span><\/p>\n

The revised document was broken down into four sections: creation, economic, social and political communities. Scriptural passages and excerpts from John Wesley\u2019s writings introduce each section.<\/span><\/p>\n

Moore said the toughest sections to revise were on violence and sexuality.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPeople raised multiple concerns about violence, revealing our very diverse United Methodist contexts and perspectives,\u201d she explained.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFor example, people living under the constant threat of violence often see the use of military force differently from those in which the military itself is a major threat to peace or those who are committed to nonviolent resistance.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Please read the remainder of the article here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The following article was originally published on December 12, 2019 by United Methodist News. Please read the full article here.\u00a0 Revised Social Principles reflect worldwide church by Kathy L. Gilbert December 12, 2019 – The United Methodist Church has a long history of tackling complicated, controversial and contemporary topics such as polygamy, child marriage, abortion, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12612,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[200,203],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41498"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12612"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41498"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41500,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41498\/revisions\/41500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}