Rethinking mission in the postcolony : salvation, society and subversion / Marion Grau
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| Autore: |
Grau Marion
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| Titolo: |
Rethinking mission in the postcolony : salvation, society and subversion / Marion Grau
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; New York, : T&T Clark, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 266.001 |
| Soggetto topico: | Missions - Theory |
| Missionaries | |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Rethinking mission in the postcolony |
| ISBN: | 1-4725-5000-5 |
| 1-283-12954-X | |
| 9786613129543 | |
| 0-567-47015-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910457014003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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