Beyond Benevolence: Toward a Reframing of Mission in the Episcopal Church

Today’s changing context invites a rethinking of mission in the Episcopal Church. Based on a large-scale, grassroots intervention process in an American Episcopal diocese, this article identifies several operative missiological and ecclesiological categories in the Episcopal Church that warrant crit...

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Main Author: Zscheile, Dwight J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2010
In: Journal of Anglican studies
Year: 2010, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 83-100
Further subjects:B Inclusion
B Communion Ecclesiology
B Episcopal Church
B Democracy
B Anglican
B Mission (international law
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Summary:Today’s changing context invites a rethinking of mission in the Episcopal Church. Based on a large-scale, grassroots intervention process in an American Episcopal diocese, this article identifies several operative missiological and ecclesiological categories in the Episcopal Church that warrant critical examination. The themes of democracy, inclusion, and benevolence are explored in light of their historical and theological background and against the sociological realities of the contemporary church. The article proposes a reframing of Episcopal mission in a more theological and Trinitarian direction using the themes of communion, companionship, creativity, and cultivation.
ISSN:1745-5278
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of Anglican studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S1740355309990258