Theology as a language for mission: on claiming incognito contributions from beyond the discipline
Mission and theology are intimately related. This might not have seemed so obvious in the nineteenth century when practical considerations were paramount, but it was growing clearer in the twentieth as complex interactions among denominations and with other world religions required more careful refl...
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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: 2, Pages: 162-170 |
| IxTheo Classification: | FA Theology KDB Roman Catholic Church KDD Protestant Church RJ Mission; missiology |
| Further subjects: | B
Proclamation
B Forde B mission theology B radical Lutheranism B Harrisville B mission history B fracture |
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| Summary: | Mission and theology are intimately related. This might not have seemed so obvious in the nineteenth century when practical considerations were paramount, but it was growing clearer in the twentieth as complex interactions among denominations and with other world religions required more careful reflection. David Bosch duly notes the trend, calling it Mission as Theology, the twelfth element of An Emerging Ecumenical Missionary Paradigm (Transforming Mission, 489-498). The question is whether this trend has found its fulfillment. A certain narrowness of vision persists in missiological conversations, which risks neglecting mission-worthy insights from theologians and exegetes outside the field strictly defined. Unless theologians identify themselves publicly as missiologists or their subject matter as missiologically related, they risk not being noticed by the missiological community. Two examples of this will be noted in this article: systematic theologian Gerhard Forde who rarely talks overtly of mission but makes a passionate contribution towards its effective practice; and New Testament professor Roy Harrisville of modest experience in overseas mission who probes a worldview-rupturing effect of Christ pertinent to any interfaith dialogue. The need for a mechanism for the fulfillment of the trend Bosch noted will be argued, and some possibilities proposed. |
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| ISSN: | 2051-3623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Missiology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0091829617731593 |