Mission on the margins: A proposal for an alternative missional paradigm in the wake of COVID-19

This article proposes a critical paradigm to identify missional areas that have received scant attention from the church and to theorise ways in which alternative modes of doing mission in the context of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) present a solution against tendencies which marginalise and...

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Main Author: Mpofu, Buhle (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2020
In: HTS teologiese studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 76, Issue: 1
Further subjects:B Critical Theory
B Covid-19
B South Africa
B Mission of the church
B Paradigm Shift
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