Power and Powerlessness: Engaging Marginalized Peoples in Mission
Applying 'Margin', as a critical theological principle, the author has argued that theology is no longer seen from the centre of power to powerless, but from the powerless to power. Powerlessness is not to be seen as weakness but divine locus because the revelation of God took place outsid...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2018]
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| In: |
Concilium
Year: 2018, Issue: 3, Pages: 69-80 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Catholic church
/ Center
/ Marginal group
/ Mission (international law
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| IxTheo Classification: | KDB Roman Catholic Church RJ Mission; missiology |
| Further subjects: | B
Christian missionaries
B Christian Communities |
| Summary: | Applying 'Margin', as a critical theological principle, the author has argued that theology is no longer seen from the centre of power to powerless, but from the powerless to power. Powerlessness is not to be seen as weakness but divine locus because the revelation of God took place outside of power structure. The Biblical testimonies and contemporary experiences of people in the margins show that God is already there among the margins and we cannot define God from the centre and import it to the people in the margins, rather we need to discern how God is at work among the margins. |
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| ISSN: | 0010-5236 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Concilium
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