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Beyond Missio Dei

Author: Sarosh Koshy

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-11-24

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 3030820688

In this book, Sarosh Koshy strives to go beyond the mission model of Christianity that emerged alongside and within the colonial enterprise and ethos since the sixteenth century. Rather than denounce the inheritance of the mission movement that transformed both the church and world in innumerable ways, it is a simultaneous expression of appreciation for this precious heritage, and an attempt to do justice by it through a yearning quest for relevant paradigms of Christian engagement.Indeed, there is an intense tension within this book, and in fact a twin tension at that. The tension is between those seeking to keep the current mission paradigm alive out of habit or as a self-serving device, thus corrupting and withering away a bequeathal that essentially set free the voluntary/independent spirit of Christian individuals and their intentional collectives from both the ecclesiastical and political authorities. On the other side are those who enlist mission both as a subsequent activity and as a basis to pursue innocuous, and at times apparently heroic options that would seemingly satisfy a supposed missional mandatory. This work enlists postcolonial and poststructuralist resources pedagogically, to teach of mission, missiology, World Christianity, and intercultural theology.

Beyond Missio Dei

Author: Sarosh Koshy

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Published: 2017

Total Pages: 431

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The concept of mission that gained prominence since the sixteenth century mostly defines the life of the church, and since the 1950s, the conception of missio Dei (mission of God) that derives its basis from the trinitarian interpretation of "sending," has turned mission into an indisputable requirement. Yet, mission as a second-step or subsequent activity that is begotten by an already existing, complete, and accomplished Christian entity, does not either constitute or impede its ability of becoming and remaining Christian. Drawing on the contemporary theoretical context, this dissertation attempts to consider the Christian entity as one that continues becoming only within its own faithful attempt at proclaiming the lordship of Christ, or bearing witness to Christ. These acts of faith are considered here as an entity's confession of faith and hope in and through its praxis around the most pertinent issues that are being thrust upon it by its immediate and wider milieu, regardless of whether it directly confronts them or dexterously evades. The cumulative aftereffect of an entity's praxis is its witness, and this dissertation argues that the witness that Christ seeks is not any special act, but the simple act of living with a different performativity. If a religious entity could only be conceived in the becoming mode and never as a finished or accomplished body or being, then it would consequentially become impossible to sustain the claim to identity or essence by merely maintaining religious affiliation and partaking in rituals. Once essence assumed through religious affiliation become untenable, the most readily available ground of othering would vanish, and along with it, the possibility of maintaining missions aimed at conversion as a separate enterprise that does not require any particular regard for the witness of the communions. The different conception of entity is being sought with the contention that the difference the gospel of Christ announces is that humans are not called to lead truncated lives tethered to repetitive acts as ends in themselves, but to an abundant life of quintessential freedom. This dissertation strives to re-read the Christian testimony as a witness of God--marturion Dei--that simultaneously reveal who God will be, and the becoming of humans that pleases God-the marturia or the witness of the disciples.

Missio Dei

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Published: 2022

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Significant Others

Author: Monte Cox

Publisher: ACU Press

Published: 2017-09-12

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 0891125280

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A generation ago, most Americans had little or no contact with Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, or any other adherents of non- Christian religions. Now our culture is much more pluralistic. In addition to these “others,” many Westerners, disenchanted with Christianity, are more inclined than they were a generation ago to dabble in new spiritual alternatives that were not as readily available here before. Many Christians feel intimidated by these changes. Many Christians don’t know how to engage their newest non- Christian neighbors in conversation, partly because they feel ignorant about the religions practiced by others. Significant Others seeks to fill this knowledge gap so readers will become more acquainted with the religious backgrounds of devout non- Christians they are meeting, as well as with the growing number of American people who claim no religious affiliation at all. Each chapter outlines the major world religions according to their significant founders or leading figures, significant beliefs and practices, significant sects and developments, and significant points of contact and points of contrast with Christian faith.

Missio Dei and the Means of Grace

Author: David Martin Whitworth

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2019-04-16

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 1532651740

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The missio Dei concept has shifted missiological thinking from an anthropocentric view of mission to the understanding that the church and persons are participants in the missio Dei. A Wesleyan perspective of grace and the means of grace inform the development of a theology of participation in the missio Dei that overcomes the repetitive articulations of mission as simply being human action or divine action. Through the means of grace, Christian disciples participate in the missio Dei as those transformed by God's love and those through whom that love embraces and transforms the world. Missio Dei and the Means of Grace: A Theology of Participation offers a profoundly simple approach and understanding to twenty-first-century missiology that is applicable for all persons, all ages, and all ecclesial expressions of the Christian church, as participation in the missio Dei through the means of grace is understood to be a holistic way of life where spiritual formation is understood as inseparable from justice ministries.

A Public Missiology

Author: Gregg Okesson

Publisher: Baker Academic

Published: 2020-04-21

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1493422383

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How can Christians witness to the complexity of our world? Gregg Okesson shows that local congregations are the primary means of public witness in and for the world. As Christians move back and forth between their churches and their neighborhoods, workplaces, and other public spaces, they weave a thick gospel witness. This introduction to public missiology explains how local congregations can thicken their witness in the public realms where they live, work, and play. Real-life examples from around the world help readers envision approaches to public witness and social change.

Christ Outside the Gate

Author: Orlando E. Costas

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2005-08-22

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 1597523410

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Solidly theological, amply historical, thoroughly ecumenical, and remarkably current, Orlando Costas' 'Christ Outside the Gate' is the most succinct, yet comprehensive analysis of the missiological issues facing the church and the churches that has appeared in many years."" --Alan Neely, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest Learning and passion come together in Christ Outside the Gate to make it an outstanding contribution to missiology."" --Gabriel Fackre, Abbot Professor of Christian Theology, Andover Newton Theological School You have in your hands a new way of seeing missions--North America as a receiving country, the marginalized as the subject as well as object of missions, world evangelization with one foot in Melbourne and one foot in Pattaya. Few authors blend together so effectively so many worlds--evangelism and scholarship, northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere, sociology, and theology."" --Harvie M. Conn, Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia Costas may well be or is on his way to becoming the ablest missiologist alive."" --Jorge Lara-Braud, Director, Council on Theology and Culture, Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Costas writes from the background of an Hispanic Evangelical, but goes far beyond the normal concerns of that tradition. In a series of far-ranging essays, he deals with virtually every aspect of the contemporary missiological debate in a manner that is usually balanced and always provocative. While some readers will violently question his views at certain points, all will be stimulated and challenged to think more deeply and participate more effectively in the total world mission to which God has called His Church."" --Paul E. Pierson, Fuller Theological Seminary 'Christ Outside the Gate' offers us a perspective of missions that focuses on the transition from paternalism to the contextualization of the Gospel."" --Oscar I. Romo, Director, Language Missions Division, Southern Baptist Convention Costas writes from the viewpoint of those who live on the periphery of society. He challenges Christians of all denominations to a renewed understanding of the Christ who 'suffered outside the gates.'"" --John T. Boberg, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago Orlando E. Costas is also the author of 'Liberating News', 'The Integrity of Mission', and 'The Church and Its Mission'.

Christianity Encountering World Religions

Author: Terry C. Muck

Publisher: Baker Academic

Published: 2009-04

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 0801026601

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In this major work, two world religion and mission experts present a new relational model for Christians interacting with people of other faiths.

Beyond Fragmentation

Author: Bernhard Ott

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2011-06-17

Total Pages: 411

ISBN-13: 1610975952

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Beyond Fragmentation is an inquiry into the development of mission studies in evangelical theological education in Germany and German-speaking Switzerland between 1960-1995. This is carried out by a detailed examination of the paradigm shifts, which have taken place in recent years in both the theology of mission and the understanding of theological education. David Bosch's proposal of an emerging ecumenical mission paradigm is examined with reference to the schools in membership with the Konferenz Bibeltreuer Ausbildungsstatten (KBA). The KBA schools have been greatly influenced by the work of Peter Beyerhaus and the Frankfurt Declaration (1970), and, as such, defend a conservative theological position and resist the challenge of Bosch's mission paradigm shift, the key issue being that of hermeneutics. Ott further explores the emerging new paradigm of theological education in both the Western and Two Thirds World contexts. While the evangelical Bible school movement has historically embodied many of the features of this new paradigm, they nevertheless have jeopardized these by their pursuit of academic accreditation. Ott believes that theological conservatism has caused the KBA schools to resist changes in the areas of contextual and inductive learning. Finally, Ott studies the schools' pattern of change and change-resistance through combining the insights of Thomas Kuhn, Hans Kung and Alasdair MacIntyre to hermeneutical and epistemological issues.