"Vie with each other in good works": what can a Roman Catholic missionary order learn from entering into closer contact with Muslims?

The article deals with concerns and hopes regarding something commonly known as Christian missionary activity, which in Africa has tended to see Muslims as rivals in a race for the souls of the adherents of African indigenous religions. After explaining the meaning of a dialogue-based approach to mi...

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Main Author: Grodź, Stanisław 1964- (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2007
In: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Year: 2007, Volume: 18, Issue: 2, Pages: 205-218
Further subjects:B Dialogue
B Islam
B Chad
B Catholic Church
B mission / world mission
B Mission (international law / Weltmission
B Christianity
B congregations / orders
B Order / Kongregationen
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Summary:The article deals with concerns and hopes regarding something commonly known as Christian missionary activity, which in Africa has tended to see Muslims as rivals in a race for the souls of the adherents of African indigenous religions. After explaining the meaning of a dialogue-based approach to missionary work, the focus is on matters concerning the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) and its new involvement in Chad. Such an analysis is essential if the SVD is going to change the perception of Christian mission from an exercise in religious imperialism to a dialogical way of searching together for the signs of God's presence. The latter will involve closer contact with Muslims and hopefully will incline SVD missionaries to a more thorough adoption and implementation of a dialogical way of carrying out their ministry, one based on profound and conscious respect for others.
ISSN:0959-6410
Contains:In: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/09596410701214068