Missiology

Mission Amid Empire: Why Political Formation and Mission are not Mutually Exclusive (Draft Version for Missiology)

by Geoffrey Holsclaw

Missiology: An International Review (Forthcoming, Fall 2013).

Abstract: This essay explores the relationship between different construals of the Trinity and missio Dei and their... more Abstract: This essay explores the relationship between different construals of the Trinity and missio Dei and their resultant understandings of the political formation of the church. Beyond the dilemma of either a Spirit-centered view of mission which frontloads the Trinity into the Spirit’s work in the world, or the the Jesus-centered view of mission which backloads the work of the Trinity onto the historical work of Jesus, we propose the Incarnation-centered view of mission. We argue that only the last offers a trinitarianism capable of resistance to the emerging global empire.

Social and Historical Aspects of the Assimilation of Christianity in Southeast Asia from 1500-1900 with Reference to Thailand and the Philippines

by Phra Nicholas Thanissaro

Journal of Asian Mission (2009), Vol.11, No.1-2, pp.31-55.

Though many have attempted to address the complexities of the encounter between Christianity and non-western... more Though many have attempted to address the complexities of the encounter between Christianity and non-western societies, the literature has not dealt much with Southeast Asia. This article attempts to help fill that gap by examining some of the factors affecting the assimilation of Christianity in Southeast Asia by looking at two countries in detail: Thailand and the Philippines. These two countries offer strikingly different assimilation results. Thailand was not colonized when Christianity was introduced while in the Philippines colonization and Christianity were intimately linked. As a result, both Thailand and the Philippines are a study in contrasts.

Ιεραποστολή και διαθρησκειακός διάλογος στη Ρωμαιοκαθολική Εκκλησία μετά τη Β΄ Σύνοδο του Βατικανού (1962-1965)

by Dimitrios keramidas

Εκδοτικός οίκος Αντώνιος Σταμούλης, Θεσσαλονίκη 2012

Σκοπός της παρούσας μελέτης είναι η εισαγωγή στα επίσημα κείμενα και τις ιεραποστολικές προβληματικές της... more Σκοπός της παρούσας μελέτης είναι η εισαγωγή στα επίσημα κείμενα και τις ιεραποστολικές προβληματικές της Ρωμαιοκαθολικής Εκκλησίας. Η επιλογή αυτή πηγάζει από την πεποίθηση, ότι στην αρχή της τρίτης χιλιετίας η χριστιανική θεολογία γίνεται ολοένα και περισσότερο «ιεραποστολική» και πως η ταυτότητα της Εκκλησίας ταυτίζεται με το ιεραποστολικό αίτημα της αναγγελίας του ευαγγελικού μηνύματος για την ανακεφαλαίωση και σωτηρία του κόσμου. Υπό μια τέτοια προοπτική, η μέχρι τώρα ομολογιακή – και εν πολλοίς απολογητική – κατανόηση της ιεραποστολής υποχωρεί σε μια περισσότερο οικουμενική αντίληψη της χριστιανικής μαρτυρίας.
Η έκδοση προτείνει στο ελληνικό αναγνωστικό κοινό την παρουσίαση των κυριοτέρων θεολογικών τάσεων στο χώρο της Ρωμαιοκαθολικής Εκκλησίας γύρω από το καίριο ζήτημα της ιεραποστολής και του διαθρησκειακού διαλόγου. Η ιεραποστολή, ως αναγγελία του χριστιανικού Ευαγγελίου στα έθνη και ως έξοδος της Εκκλησίας στον κόσμο, αλλά και ως «θεολογία των θρησκειών», συνδέεται πλέον αναπόφευκτα με τη συνάντηση, το διάλογο, την κριτική τοποθέτηση του Χριστιανισμού έναντι των άλλων θρησκευμάτων. Αυτή είναι, κατά πολλούς, η κατεξοχήν πρόκληση και η επιτομή της χριστιανικής θεολογίας του 21ου αιώνα. Η μελέτη, λοιπόν, των δύο παραπάνω στοιχείων – αναγγελία, διαθρησκειακός διάλογος – έρχεται να συμβάλει στην έρευνα γύρω από το πώς η Εκκλησία, εν προκειμένω η Ρωμαιοκαθολική, αντιλαμβάνεται τον εαυτό της σε έναν κόσμο πολιτιστικά και θρησκευτικά πλουραλιστικό, με άλλα λόγια το πώς η σύγχρονη ιεραποστολική θεολογία κατανοεί την ταυτότητα και την ποιότητα της εκκλησιαστικής μαρτυρίας στο σύγχρονο κόσμο, γεγονός που ενδιαφέρει, πιστεύουμε, μια κοινωνία με πνευματικές ευαισθησίες.

CHRIST AND POST-CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY: An Exploration of the Attraction of the New-Age and Neo-Paganism, with a view to the effective communication of the Christian message in Post- Modernity.

by Steve Hollinghurst

Book Review of Protestant Missionaries to the Middle East: Ambassadors of Christ or Culture?

by Duane Alexander Miller

BARBARA MACGOWAN COOPER, EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS IN THE MUSLIM SAHEL

by Duane Alexander Miller

Into the Light: the Liberation Theology of Steven Masood, a Christian ex-Muslim

by Duane Alexander Miller

in St Francis Magazine, Vol 6:4, August 2010, pp 630-637.

The author analyzes Masood's conversion narrative 'Into the Light' as a theological text. He proposes that Masood (and... more The author analyzes Masood's conversion narrative 'Into the Light' as a theological text. He proposes that Masood (and other ex-Muslim Christians) are engaged in the production of liberation texts.

CRACKS IN THE FOUNDATION OF ISLAM?

by Duane Alexander Miller

From Creative Destruction Toward Creative Transformation: Mission Beyond Critical Contextualization In A Complex Global Era

by Kevin P. Lines

Unpublished Draft Only

This paper posits that mission in the twentieth century was highly influenced by the forces at work behind increasing... more This paper posits that mission in the twentieth century was highly influenced by the forces at work behind increasing globalization, specifically the macro-economic process of creative destruction. The underlying assumptions of those who have defined, and subsequently accepted the process of creative destruction as prescriptive for economic growth have been intertwined with a mission theology that continues to affect mission from the West into the twenty-first century. The resulting systems rising in the wake of blind acceptance of creative destruction will not only need to be critiqued (and likely rejected) by local faith communities for their own survival, but will require a model for transformation. Because of complex, multilayered contact between multiple realities in almost every context, this dynamic model for transformation will necessitate moving beyond Hiebert’s model of critical contextualization. As a foundation, I propose that an integrated model of contextual bible study and marginal theology be examined as a local hermeneutical tool for social transformation, leading into mission as creative transformation.

Nineteenth-Century Protestant Missions and Middle Eastern Women: An Overview

by Heleen Murre-van den Berg

in Inger Marie Okkenhaug and Ingvild Flaskerud, Gender, Religion and Change in the Middle East. Two Hundred Years of History (Oxford/New York: Berg 2005), 103-122.

Missiology In Environmental Context: Tasks for An Ecology of Mission

by Willis Jenkins

El fundamento antropológico de la libre aceptación de la fe en Bartolomé de las Casas

by Víctor Zorrilla

Publicado en: González Ginocchio, David - Zorroza, Ma Idoya (eds.), Metafísica y libertad. Hitos del pensamiento español. Selección de trabajos presentados a las XLVI Reuniones Filosóficas (“Cuadernos de Pensamiento Español”, n. 37), Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, 2009, pp. 15-21 (ISSN 1696-0637).

Para obtener información sobre el artículo o solicitar una fotocopia del mismo, favor de ponerse en contacto en la... more Para obtener información sobre el artículo o solicitar una fotocopia del mismo, favor de ponerse en contacto en la dirección zorrillavictor_01@yahoo.es.

A Teologia Política da Missão Integral no Brasil e a Filosofia Social Reformacional: Aproximações.

by Guilherme de Carvalho

CARVALHO, G. V. R. A Teologia Política da Missão Integral no Brasil e a Filosofia Social Reformacional: Aproximações. In: CARVALHO, G. V. R. (Org.); LEITE, Cláudio A. C. (Org.); CUNHA, M. J. S. (Org.). Cosmovisão Cristã e Transformação: Espiritualidade, Razão e Ordem Social. 1 ed. Viçosa: Ultimato, 2006, v. , p. 237-276.
ISBN: 978-85-86539-93-0

Diálogo crítico entre o pensamento político neocalvinista e a teologia política da missão integral no Brasil,... more Diálogo crítico entre o pensamento político neocalvinista e a teologia política da missão integral no Brasil, destacando os problemas da influência do pensamento de esquerda sobre a política cristã e os caminhos para sua correção.

O Dualismo Natureza/Graça e a Influência do Humanismo Secular no Pensamento Social Cristão

by Guilherme de Carvalho

CARVALHO, G. V. R. O Dualismo Natureza/Graça e a Influência do Humanismo Secular no Pensamento Social Cristão. In: O Dualismo Natureza/Graça e a Influência do Humanismo Secular no Pensamento Social Cristão. (Org.). Cosmovisão Cristã e Transformação: Espiritualidade, Razão e Ordem Social. 1 ed. Viçosa: Ultimato, 2006, v. , p. 123-173.
Número da revisão: 1; ISBN: 978-85-86539-93-0

Uma aplicação da análise Dooyeweerdiana dos motivos-base da cultura ocidental ao problema do desenvolvimento do... more Uma aplicação da análise Dooyeweerdiana dos motivos-base da cultura ocidental ao problema do desenvolvimento do pensamento social cristão no século XX, focalizando a teologia da libertação e o ensino social da Igreja Católica Romana.

O Senhorio de Cristo e a Missão da Igreja na Cultura: A Idéia de Soberania e sua Aplicação

by Guilherme de Carvalho

CARVALHO, G. V. R., O Senhorio de Cristo e a Missão da Igreja na Cultura: A Idéia de Soberania e sua Aplicação. Em: Fé Cristã e Cultura Contemporânea: cosmovisão cristã, igreja local e transformação integral. Viçosa: Ultimato, 2009, p. 57-95. Em:
RAMOS, Leonardo, CAMARGO, Marcel, AMORIM, Rodolfo (Organizadores). Fé Cristã e Cultura Contemporânea: cosmovisão cristã, igreja local e transformação integral. Viçosa: Ultimato, 2009, 219 p. ISBN 978-85-7779-030-2 [Add to Citavi project by ISBN]

Continuação das discussões da rede sobre cosmovisão cristã e transformação. O volume contempla temas de missão... more Continuação das discussões da rede sobre cosmovisão cristã e transformação. O volume contempla temas de missão integral, teologia bíblica, política, psicologia, economia e arte. Eu contribuo com os dois primeiros capítulos, que problematizam o paradigma evangélico de missão integral propondo uma abordagem teologicamente mais definida, a partir da tradição neocalvinista.

A Missão Integral na Encruzilhada: Reconsiderando a Tensão no Pensamento Teológico de Lausanne

by Guilherme de Carvalho

CARVALHO, G. V. R., A Missão Integral na Encruzilhada: Reconsiderando a Tensão no Pensamento Teológico de Lausanne. Em: Fé Cristã e Cultura Contemporânea: cosmovisão cristã, igreja local e transformação integral. Viçosa: Ultimato, 2009, p. 17-55. Em:

RAMOS, Leonardo, CAMARGO, Marcel, AMORIM, Rodolfo (Organizadores). Fé Cristã e Cultura Contemporânea: cosmovisão cristã, igreja local e transformação integral. Viçosa: Ultimato, 2009, 219 p. ISBN 978-85-7779-030-2 [Add to Citavi project by ISBN]

Continuação das discussões da rede sobre cosmovisão cristã e transformação. O volume contempla temas de missão... more Continuação das discussões da rede sobre cosmovisão cristã e transformação. O volume contempla temas de missão integral, teologia bíblica, política, psicologia, economia e arte. Eu contribuo com os dois primeiros capítulos, que problematizam o paradigma evangélico de missão integral propondo uma abordagem teologicamente mais definida, a partir da tradição neocalvinista.

Missiology En Route

by Luke Heidebrecht

Prophylactic, Anti-paedophile Hymn-Writing in Colonial India: An Introduction to Amy Carmichael (1867-1951) and Her Missionary Writings

by Nancy Jiwon Cho

published in 'The Modern Language Review', 104 (2009), 353-74

Postmodern Epistemology and the Mission of the Church

by Knut Alfsvåg

A Christian missionary has traditionally been understood as one who stands for and represents truth. Is this a claim... more A Christian missionary has traditionally been understood as one who stands for and represents truth. Is this a claim that can be defended within the context of postmodern epistemology? According to Derrida, there is an irreducible difference between sign and signified; all historical religions are therefore limited to the realm of the contingent and the deconstructible. Caputo develops this idea further in his understanding of the endlessly translatable trace of the event. One may argue, however, that this understanding of endless translatability reveals a dependence on a traditional concept of reason that ultimately replaces religious authority with the authority of the interpreter. Arguing that a phenomenology of givenness is the relevant strategy against this kind of idolatry, Marion maintains that one has to work from the possibility of revelation as always overflowing its conceptual representation. In a Christian context, this is done through the retelling of the biblical story, particularly as it is celebrated in the liturgy of the Eucharist. The criticism of the idea of a conceptual representation of truth therefore does not imply that truth is not manifest in the work and mission of the Christian church.

What is the meaning of salvation in The Salvation Army today? Exploring a theology of Social Service and Holistic Mission

by Jason Davies-Kildea