Continuing in the trend of thought from the previous post, I had to add one last quote from the text which I think is quite insightful.
Scharer and Hilberath write that, "As a rule people become victims in our culture when they differ from those viewed as 'normal.' The differences may be in language, lifestyle, clothing, social relationships, and many other things. There are numerous forgotten victims in our society: those who fall short of the modern economic and communication system because they cannot keep up, because they are unemployed, sick, disabled, or simply because somewhere they 'lost the connection.'" (135)
If we the church are called to speak out as Christ did for the disadvantaged, and oppressed, we now have even more neighbors and sisters and brothers to speak up on behalf of. It gives new perspective to what it means to be a "victim" today. It also gives new importance and significance to the voice of the faithful, in our call to give voice to the voiceless.
Text:
Matthias Scharer & Bernd Jochen Hilberath, The Practice of Communicative Theology: an introduction to a new theological culture, (New York, NY: The Crossroad Publishing Company, 2008).
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