The Crux of a Surrogate Apology: An Evaluation of Norwegian Mission Leaders' Apology to Boarding School Children (2009)
This article analyses and discusses what constitutes the central difficulty (crux) of a surrogate apology - a corporate apology where a leader apologizes vicariously on behalf of an organization. Starting with a rhetorical analysis of the surrogate apology given by Norwegian mission leaders to child...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Brill
[2019]
|
| In: |
Mission studies
Year: 2019, Volume: 36, Issue: 1, Pages: 105-126 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Norway
/ Boarding school
/ Mission (international law
/ Co-worker
/ Sexual abuse
/ Excuse
|
| IxTheo Classification: | KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia NCF Sexual ethics RJ Mission; missiology |
| Further subjects: | B
boarding school
B Forgiveness B Leadership B surrogate apology B Rhetoric B Missio Dei |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (doi) |
| Summary: | This article analyses and discusses what constitutes the central difficulty (crux) of a surrogate apology - a corporate apology where a leader apologizes vicariously on behalf of an organization. Starting with a rhetorical analysis of the surrogate apology given by Norwegian mission leaders to children going to mission boarding schools (2009), the article proceeds to evaluate the theological status of such a surrogate apology in the light of forgiveness as a key practice in a theology of missio Dei. Drawing on rhetorical and theological analysis, the article concludes that the central difficulty lies in the aporetic nature of the response. It is therefore essential to acknowledge and address this aporia, even as a theological challenge. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 1573-3831 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Mission studies
|
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15733831-12341620 |