Not for shameful gain: a Petrine theology of safeguarding. Issue 3 (May 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sargent, Benjamin
• Is Part Of: Theology. Volume 124:Issue 3(2021)
• Page Start: 165
• Page End: 172
• Publication Date: 2021-05
• Subjects: 1 Peter -- ecclesiology -- mandatory reporting -- safeguarding; Theology -- Periodicals; 230.005
• DOI: 10.1177/0040571X211008544
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0040-571X

Abstract

Safeguarding often appears to be practice in search of theology. Much of the theological work on safeguarding grounds good practice purely in theological anthropology. 1 Peter, while clearly not about safeguarding, offers a serious reflection on power and motivation for ministry, set within an ecclesiology which is both eschatological and publicly engaged. Good practice in safeguarding should also be an expression of ecclesiology: an activity of the Church which is to be a priestly presence in the world, demonstrating publicly observable goodness.