Pub Date : 2022-06-07DOI: 10.1163/15733831-12341844
Paul V. Kollman
This article considers implications of the IAMS 15th Assembly theme “Powers, Inequalities, and Vulnerabilities: Mission in a Wounded World.” After describing the theme’s origins and reflecting on wounds and woundedness in Christian mission, it develops a framework to consider missiology shaped by the theme, that is, when prioritizing mission as constituted by its setting in a wounded world shaped by powers, inequalities, and vulnerabilities. After presenting that framework, which features the medical terms triage, diagnosis, therapy, and prophylaxis, it offers brief and tentative missiological discernment of the present moment, highlighting, besides climate change, 1) rampant religious disaffiliation among onetime Christians and 2) intra-Christian polarization and divisions as particularly urgent priorities for missional engagement and contemporary mission studies.
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Pub Date : 2022-06-07DOI: 10.1163/15733831-12341854
D. Neuhaus
{"title":"The Politics of Persecution: Middle Eastern Christians in the Age of Empire, written by Mitri Raheb","authors":"D. Neuhaus","doi":"10.1163/15733831-12341854","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/15733831-12341854","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42383,"journal":{"name":"Mission Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2022-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43171780","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-06-07DOI: 10.1163/15733831-12341847
Rosalee Velloso Ewell
This essay examines the missionary calling and character of the people of God. The argument is made that the call to discipleship has significant implications for how Christians understand their identity. To be a disciple means to submit to a kingdom and a way of life that challenge the powers of this world and nationalistic understandings of identity. Discipleship also implies that following Christ entails bearing the wounds of a broken world as a testimony to the work of Christ. The key themes of discipleship, suffering and identity are examined through an analysis of biblical passages in the Gospel of John and some of Paul’s letters.
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Pub Date : 2022-06-07DOI: 10.1163/15733831-12341843
N. Hintersteiner
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Pub Date : 2022-06-07DOI: 10.1163/15733831-12341846
Jooseop Keum
This article examines the theme of the 15th Assembly of the IAMS in 2022, “Powers, Inequalities, and Vulnerabilities: Mission in a Wounded World”. It focuses on putting justice, equality, and liberation at the heart of the Christian mission as a way of transforming discipleship in a pandemic-stricken world. The biblical concept of shalom and the Korean concept of sangsaeng will be examined and discussed as relevant mission concepts in order to respond to the current challenges caused by the global pandemic. The Covid-19 pandemic has had a radical impact on every aspect of life. As lockdowns, social distancing measures to prevent the spread of infection have led to a new “non-contact” culture. Mission and evangelism, which presuppose face-to-face contact and communication, are going through a crisis. Even amid the crisis, however, the mission remains an essential calling of the church and all Christians. Therefore, this article examines transforming discipleship as a radical proposal to live out the mission concepts of shalom and sangsaeng in the context of the global pandemic.
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Pub Date : 2022-06-07DOI: 10.1163/15733831-12341855
Marten van den Toren
{"title":"Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us about Wisdom, Persistence, and Strength, written by Kat Armas","authors":"Marten van den Toren","doi":"10.1163/15733831-12341855","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/15733831-12341855","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42383,"journal":{"name":"Mission Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2022-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47512064","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-06-07DOI: 10.1163/15733831-12341856
Pavol Bargár
{"title":"Does God Love the Coronavirus? Friendship, Theology, and Hope in a Post-Covid World, written by Stephen Bevans and Clemens Sedmak","authors":"Pavol Bargár","doi":"10.1163/15733831-12341856","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/15733831-12341856","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42383,"journal":{"name":"Mission Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2022-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48442941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-06-07DOI: 10.1163/15733831-12341849
D. Singh
John Nicol Farquhar was a Scottish missionary and orientalist, well-known even today for his ideas on fulfilment theology. Whereas Farquhar’s position on Hinduism vis-a-vis Christianity is still widely discussed, few are aware of what he wrote about Islam. This is because it is assumed that his view of Islam was no different from his view of other religious traditions. This article discusses the question of whether Islam was merely part of Farquhar’s broader conception of religious traditions in their Christ-ward journey. My provisional answer to this question is that while it is true that for Farquhar, Islam was part of the broader context of religions, he also viewed Islam as being distinct from other religious traditions, both mainstream and marginal. His view was that Islam stood alongside Christianity as an ally, as a catalyst of reform in religions, and as such, Islam was not just an object of Christ-ward transformation. In this article, I focus on three of Farquhar’s major writings containing material on Islam, which may not be very well-known to readers and commentators today. It is aimed at theological students and teachers, particularly those interested in the theology of religions and dialogue with Islam, so that they can build on what they already know, and shape their thinking about how to relate to Islam and Muslims as partners, not merely as objects in God’s mission.
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Pub Date : 2022-06-07DOI: 10.1163/15733831-12341850
Brandon Gallaher, P. Kalaitzidis
On March 13, 2022 (Sunday of Orthodoxy), Orthodox theologians and scholars from around the world issued an unprecedented theological declaration that draws on both the Barmen Declaration (1934) and the Synodikon of Orthodoxy, and is directed against the ethnophyletist and nationalist “Russian world” ideology that serves as the religious underpinning for Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. This ideology, fundamentalist in character, was developed by Patriarch Kirill (Gundiaev) of Moscow and both Putin and Patriarch Kirill repeatedly reference it in their active support of the Russian invasion. Having briefly outlined the Russian world ideology, the Declaration identifies the ideology’s main propositions, which are declared “heretical” from an Orthodox theological perspective. By contrast, the Orthodox scholars systematically outline affirmations drawn from Scripture and the Holy Tradition of Orthodox Christianity. Finally, the declaration calls all to be mindful of the theological principles outlined in their decisions in church politics.
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