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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816589503321

Autore

Grau Marion

Titolo

Rethinking mission in the postcolony : salvation, society and subversion / Marion Grau

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; New York, : T&T Clark, 2011

ISBN

0-567-56150-X

1-4725-5000-5

1-283-12954-X

9786613129543

0-567-47015-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Disciplina

266.001

Soggetti

Missions - Theory

Missionaries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Continuum imprint."--Title page verso

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index

Nota di contenuto

Prologue: Point of (no) return -- Reaching the limit : circumambulating the frontiers of civilizing mission -- Departures : traversing methodically -- Waymarkers : pattern recognition along the way -- Itinerary I : converting Rome's successors -- Itinerary II : going south : the Zulu, the Colensos, and the hermeneutics of salvation -- Itinerary III : regifting the theological present : economies of exchange between Maori and Anglicans -- In transit -- Holding patterns -- Aporias : no way out

Prologue -- Chapter 1 - Reaching the Limit: Circumambulating the Frontiers of Civilizing Mission -- Chapter 2 - Departures: Traversing Methodically -- Chapter 3 - Waymarkers: Pattern Recognition Along the Way -- Chapter 4 - Itinerary I: Converting Rome's Successors -- Chapter 5 - Itinerary II: Going South: Zulus, Bishop Colenso, Hermeneutics and Salvations -- Chapter 6 - Itinerary III: Regifting the Theological Present: Economies of the Exchange between Maori and Anglicans -- Chapter 7 - In Transit -- Chapter 8 - Holding Patterns -- Chapter 9 - Aporias

Sommario/riassunto

Much of the history of mission has been interlaced with imperial



structures. Often the colonial and economic impulses of the colonial powers overshadow some of the counterimperial tendencies of biblical texts and ecclesial communities. Evangelical missionary theologies have led to cultural genocide. These missionary practices have been heavily critiqued in the last few decades. Christian progressives have been in the forefront of the critique of mission, but have often responded in ways that reject the mission of the word, instead highlighting a mission focused on developmental concerns that o