Considering Benedict options: missiological reflections in a fractious age
An adequate missiology depends, among other things, on a grasp of the present reality in which missiological reflection happens. The past few years of global political transformation invite consideration of a missiology adequate for the present fractiousness. This paper sketches three possible missi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2018]
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Missiology
Year: 2018, Volume: 46, Issue: 1, Pages: 7-22 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KCB Papacy NBN Ecclesiology RJ Mission; missiology |
| Further subjects: | B
Benedict XVI
B Christology B Benedict Option B Ecclesiology B Rod Dreher B Benedict XV B Mission (international law B Missiology |
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| Summary: | An adequate missiology depends, among other things, on a grasp of the present reality in which missiological reflection happens. The past few years of global political transformation invite consideration of a missiology adequate for the present fractiousness. This paper sketches three possible missiological stances for Christian communities to take vis-a-vis the world, each framed as a Benedict option. Option one derives from Rod Dreher's book The Benedict Option and urges strategic withdrawal from the world, inspired by St. Benedict. Option two draws inspiration from Pope Benedict XVI and advances intellectual inquiry and understanding. Option three looks back to Pope Benedict XV to highlight ecclesial engagement in addressing social issues. An adequate missiology need not choose one option to the exclusion of the others. Instead it must draw upon critical theologies of Christ and church to forge missional faithfulness, an especially critical task in a fractious age. |
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| ISSN: | 2051-3623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Missiology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0091829617748941 |