Apostolic Evangelism in the Postcolony

What does evangelism, the proclamation of the Christian gospel, look or sound like in a postcolonial era, a time in which there is a reluctance to assert a metanarrative that marginalizes the many voices of the pluralistic public sphere? Surprisingly, perhaps like how it may have originally gone for...

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Main Author: Yong, Amos 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2017
In: Mission studies
Year: 2017, Volume: 34, Issue: 2, Pages: 147-167
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Acts of the Apostles / Evangelization / Postcolonialism
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
RH Evangelization; Christian media
Further subjects:B Evangelism evangelization postcolonialism Pentecostal hermeneutics Day of Pentecost Luke-Acts
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Summary:What does evangelism, the proclamation of the Christian gospel, look or sound like in a postcolonial era, a time in which there is a reluctance to assert a metanarrative that marginalizes the many voices of the pluralistic public sphere? Surprisingly, perhaps like how it may have originally gone forth in the first century via the apostolic followers of Jesus the Messiah. This essay suggests a re-reading of Luke-Acts, via what might be called a Pentecostal hermeneutic, one informed by foregrounding the Day of Pentecost narrative of the Spirit poured out on all flesh, in order to sketch an apostolic theology of evangelistic praxis for the contemporary post-colony.
ISSN:1573-3831
Contains:In: Mission studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15733831-12341500