Theological Education as Missional Formation

Theological education is missional in nature. The disability perspective within theological education provides this missional aspect, which is vital for the growth and sustenance of the church. Since its inception, the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Disability Advocates Network (WCC-EDAN) has...

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Main Author: George, Samuel (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2019]
In: International review of mission
Year: 2019, Volume: 108, Issue: 1, Pages: 8-17
IxTheo Classification:FB Theological education
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KDJ Ecumenism
NBE Anthropology
RJ Mission; missiology
Further subjects:B Disability
B Theological Education
B Asia
B missional formation
B Margins
B Edan
B able-bodied
B Mission (international law
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Summary:Theological education is missional in nature. The disability perspective within theological education provides this missional aspect, which is vital for the growth and sustenance of the church. Since its inception, the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Disability Advocates Network (WCC-EDAN) has contributed to this great mission. This paper is an attempt to understand theological education as missional formation from the perspective of disability studies, especially the contributions of WCC-EDAN.
ISSN:1758-6631
Contains:Enthalten in: International review of mission
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/irom.12257