Dialogue or proclamation? Communication ethics and the problem of persuasion in mission
This article utilizes the field of communication ethics to sharpen a critique of a form of interreligious dialogue that de-emphasizes the necessity of proclamation, as well as to provide helpful tools to recover a notion of proclamation that acknowledges its persuasive and purgative aspects. The art...
Published in: | Missiology |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sage
[2017]
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Missiology
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IxTheo Classification: | CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations KDJ Ecumenism NCA Ethics RJ Mission; missiology |
Further subjects: | B
Augustine
B Proclamation B invitational rhetoric B Communication ethics B Rhetoric B John Cobb B Interreligious Dialogue B Mission B Persuasion B Missiology |
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Summary: | This article utilizes the field of communication ethics to sharpen a critique of a form of interreligious dialogue that de-emphasizes the necessity of proclamation, as well as to provide helpful tools to recover a notion of proclamation that acknowledges its persuasive and purgative aspects. The article begins by showing how a particular form of communication ethic, invitational rhetoric, coheres with a form of interreligious dialogue promoted by John Cobb. Such cohesion will enable a critique of interreligious dialogue utilizing similar critiques levied at invitational rhetoric. Following this critique will be a brief recovery and strengthening of a notion of proclamation as persuasion and purgation, with the aid of portions of Augustine's and Kenneth Burke's rhetorical theories. |
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ISSN: | 2051-3623 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Missiology
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0091829617696338 |