Communicating the Gospel in Terms of Felt Needs
The missiologist is inevitably, and commendably, concerned with man's real needs — needs which he may not even be aware of; our author calls these supracultural or ultimate needs. But the missionary theologian may focus his communication of the Gospel too narrowly on the kerygma as the answer t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
1977
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Missiology
Year: 1977, Volume: 5, Issue: 4, Pages: 499-506 |
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| Summary: | The missiologist is inevitably, and commendably, concerned with man's real needs — needs which he may not even be aware of; our author calls these supracultural or ultimate needs. But the missionary theologian may focus his communication of the Gospel too narrowly on the kerygma as the answer to these hardly-perceived needs; while the missionary sociologist may focus too theoretically on socio-ethical issues that have not yet entered the consciousness of the target people. Missionary-anthropologist Hile's thesis is that the Gospel only becomes the good news to a people as the kerygma is applied to the deeply felt needs of that particular people. In case study fashion, he illustrates the working out of this evangelistic principle among the Chiquimula-Quiché of Guatemala. |
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| ISSN: | 2051-3623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Missiology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/009182967700500408 |