Mission and power : [manuscript] / history, relevance and perils /.
Mission and power : history, relevance and perils /. [manuscript] /
edited by Atola Longkumer, Jr̜gen Skov Sr̜ensen, and Michael Biehl. :
- Oxford, UK : : Regnum Books International,, c2016..
- xii, 341 pages ; ; 24 cm.
- Regnum Edinburgh Centenary Series ; ; 33 .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mission and power: theoretical fragments from transcultural perspectives: an exploratory essay on the power of interpretation in mission studies / Polycentric Christian mission in a post-colonial world: a Lutheran perspective / The power of interpretation, the interpretation of power: the Gospel and the Bible as contested spaces in global Christianity / The encounter of mission and power in a post-colonial Myanmar context: challenges and proposals / Samuel Ngun Ling -- Christian mission, power and native participation / Mission through the lens of suffering: defending Japanese Americans during World War II / Servant leadership: power, vulnerability and reconciliation / Mission and power: a view from the underside of society / The global shift of power and its implications for Christian mission / Power encounters: evangelization and local religious spirits in Latin America / A theology based on common membership of the household of God: towards an intercultural theological hermeneutic in contemporary Germany / Proclaiming and struggling for life in plenitude: buen vivir (good living) as a new paradigm for 'mission'? / Intercultural perspectives on education / No more flight: gender and eco-justice / Mission at risk: structures of co-operation in the perspective of 'mission and power' / When strangers become friends: mission and power in the context of global migration / Mission and power: rituals, health and healing / Mission and power: some dimensions of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission / Money as power in mission / Mission and power: a response from the Centre /
"This volume explores the notion of power in relation to Christian mission and critically engages questions such as: What notions of power have informed mission? How have power structures been negotiated between Christian mission and local culture/religions? Which of these manifestations of power are disturbing and counter to the values of the Gospel?"--Back cover.
9781911372240 (hardback) : Đ14.00
Missions--Theory;
Power (Christian theology)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mission and power: theoretical fragments from transcultural perspectives: an exploratory essay on the power of interpretation in mission studies / Polycentric Christian mission in a post-colonial world: a Lutheran perspective / The power of interpretation, the interpretation of power: the Gospel and the Bible as contested spaces in global Christianity / The encounter of mission and power in a post-colonial Myanmar context: challenges and proposals / Samuel Ngun Ling -- Christian mission, power and native participation / Mission through the lens of suffering: defending Japanese Americans during World War II / Servant leadership: power, vulnerability and reconciliation / Mission and power: a view from the underside of society / The global shift of power and its implications for Christian mission / Power encounters: evangelization and local religious spirits in Latin America / A theology based on common membership of the household of God: towards an intercultural theological hermeneutic in contemporary Germany / Proclaiming and struggling for life in plenitude: buen vivir (good living) as a new paradigm for 'mission'? / Intercultural perspectives on education / No more flight: gender and eco-justice / Mission at risk: structures of co-operation in the perspective of 'mission and power' / When strangers become friends: mission and power in the context of global migration / Mission and power: rituals, health and healing / Mission and power: some dimensions of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission / Money as power in mission / Mission and power: a response from the Centre /
"This volume explores the notion of power in relation to Christian mission and critically engages questions such as: What notions of power have informed mission? How have power structures been negotiated between Christian mission and local culture/religions? Which of these manifestations of power are disturbing and counter to the values of the Gospel?"--Back cover.
9781911372240 (hardback) : Đ14.00
Missions--Theory;
Power (Christian theology)