Mission the “labour room” of theology

Description

Johannes Knoetze, Associate Professor in Practical Theology and Missional Studies at the Faculty of Theology of the University of Pretoria, served as the editor of this extremely important and relevant publication Mission the “labour room” of theology. The book comprises of 21 chapters by various esteemed scholars in Missiology or Missional Studies. The contributors engage critically with mission history and mission understandings from different contexts in Southern Africa. The book is divided in three sections. The first gives a historical, denominational, and current overview of mission in Africa. A second section focuses on current theological understandings of the origin of mission, the changing contexts of mission as well as importance of mission studies in the theological curriculum in Africa, especially in the 21st century Africa. A third section looks at the “how” of mission, different modes or figure of mission under the title: “Mission as… or mission in the context of…” It is an attractive publication with a wealth of information and a wide collection of reflections on the transmittance and reception of faith in (Southern) African contexts. The chapters are written in a clear, concise and understandable style. This book will appeal to a wide audience, ranging from undergraduate students, ministers, mission practitioners, lecturers teaching practical theology/missiology/missional studies and scholars engaging in academic research.

Sujets

• Philosophie et théologie
• Religion

Informations

• Publié par: CLF Publishers
• Date de parution: 09 novembre 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 2
• EAN13: 9781868045266
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

Extrait

Johan Knoetze (Editor)






Mission the “labour room” of theology
© Johannes Knoetze
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Design and layout by: Anna-Marie Brink
Cover design by: Anna-Marie Brink
Printed and bound: Print on Demand (Pty) Ltd
First edition: 2022
ISBN 978-1-86804-525-9
This publication was made possible through sponsorships by NetAct and Christian Literature Fund


Contents
List of Abbreviations
List of Contributors
Foreword
SECTION A
UNDERSTANDINGS/THEOLOGIES OF MISSION IN AFRICA
Chapter 1
Protestant Mission in Africa – A Historical Perspective on Translating the Gospel
Gideon van der Watt
Chapter 2
Catholic Mission: A Theological and Historical Survey
Martin Badenhorst
Chapter 3
Together Towards Life and Mission: African Pentecostals’ Participation in the Missio Dei Peter White
Chapter 4
African Independent Churches: Izandla Ziyagezana – Hands Wash Each Other
Johannes Knoetze
Chapter 5
Decolonisation of Christian Mission in Africa: Towards a Missiology of Reconstruction
Buhle Mpofu
SECTION B
WHAT IS MISSION?
Chapter 6
Whose Mission? The Mission of God
Piet Meiring
Chapter 7
Mission – Where?
Dons Kritzinger
Chapter 8
The Place of Missiology as a Theological Discipline in Africa
J.N.J. Kritzinger and H. Kwiyani
SECTION C
THE HOW OF MISSION: MISSION AS/IN THE CONTEXT OF…
Chapter 9
Mission in an Urbanised Context. Cities: ‘Wild Spaces Within a New Frontier’
Marinda van Niekerk
Chapter 10
Not the Future Leaders of Tomorrow! Youth, Missio Dei and the Missiological Research Agenda in (South) Africa
Jacques W. Beukes
Chapter 11
Collaboration and Networking in Missions in Africa
Nico Mostert
Chapter 12
A Mission-Centred African Public Theology
Sunday Bobai Agang
Chapter 13
Dialogue With Other Faiths in Africa
Maniraj Sukdaven
Chapter 14
Evangelism and Mission
Johannes Knoetze
Chapter 15
Missional Church and Mission in Africa
Nelus Niemandt
Chapter 16
Missional Ethical Issues in Africa Through the Lens of 2 Corinthians 2:12-17
Annette Potgieter
Chapter 17
Missional Diaconate: A Focused Holistic Ministry
Johannes Knoetze
Chapter 18
Church and Development in Africa: Looking Back, Moving Forward
Nadine Bowers Du Toit
Chapter 19
Mission as Theological Education (Curriculum) in Africa
Chapter 20
Normal(ised) Christianity/Religiosity in the Public Arena – A Mission of the Mind
Christo Lombaard
Chapter 21
Mission ‘and’ Ecology in Africa
Ernst Conradie
Conclusion


List of Abbreviations
AACC All Africa Conference of Churches
ACC Anglican Consultative Council
ACNS Anglican Communion News Service
ACSA Anglican Church of Southern Africa
AG Ad Gentes
AGST Assemblies of God School of Theology
AIC African Independent/Indigenous/Initiated/Instituted Churches
AIDS Acquired Immunodeficiency Virus
AM A fricae Munus
ATOR African Theology of Reconstruction
ATR African Traditional Religions
AVCSA Association of Vineyard Churches South Africa
BTh Bachelor of Theology
BU Baptist Union
CEO Chief Executive Officer
CEP Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
CMS Church Missionary Society
COVID-19 Coronavirus
CWME Commission on World Mission and Evangelism
DD Doctoral Divinitatis
DH Dignitatis Humanæ
DI Dominus Iesus
DMin Doctor of Ministry
DRC Dutch Reformed Church
DRCSA Dutch Reformed Church of Southern Africa
DSD Department of Social Development
DTh Doctoral in Theology
ECD Early Childhood Development
EHI The Eleventh Hour Institute
FBO Faith-Based Organisation
FESA Fresh Expressions Southern Africa
GBV Gender-Based Violence
GS Gaudium et Spes
HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus
IDP Internally Displaced People
IMER Institute for Missiological and Ecumenical Research
IMF International Monetary Fund
IPC Integrated Food Security Phase Classification
IT Information Technology
JPIC Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation
LG Lumen Gentium
LGBTQI+ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Questioning
MAGU Malawi Assemblies of God University
MCSA Methodist Church of Southern Africa
MDiv Master of Divinity
MIC Mission Initiated Church
MISA Mission Shaped Introduction Africa
MTh Master of Theology
NA Nostra Aetate
NDR Netherdutch Reformed
NetACT Network for African Congregational Theology
NGO Non-Governmental Organisation
NIV New International Version
NLT New Living Translation
NRF National Research Foundation
NRM New Religious Movements
NWU North-West University
OCMS Oxford Centre for Mission Studies
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
PEN Participate. Envision. Navigate
PhD Doctor of Philosophy
QLFS Quarterly Labour Force Survey
RASC Reformed African Spiritual Churches
RCC Roman Catholic Church
ReDi International Society for the Research and Study of Diaconia and Christian Social Practice
RSA Republic of South Africa
SAMS South African Missiological Society
SC Sacrosanctum Concilium
SDG Sustainable Development Goal
SSA Sub-Sahara Africa
StatsSA Statistics South Africa
TRC Truth and Reconciliation Commission
TTL Together Towards Life
UCC United Congregational Church
UCT University of Cape Town
UFS University of Free State
UNDESA United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
UNISA University of South Africa
UPCSA Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa
UR Unitatis Redintegration
URCSA Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa
USA United States of America
UWC University of Western Cape
WCC World Council of Churches
WCRC World Communion of Reformed Churches
YMCA Young Men’s Christian Association


List of Contributors
Annette Potgieter
School of Theology and Ministry Hugenote College Wellington South Africa Research Associate at Stellenbosch University Email: [e-mail] ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5987-4912
Annette Potgieter has been a theology lecturer at the School of Theology and Ministry at Hugenote College since 2020. She completed her Dr. Theol. (Cum Laude) at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin. She has also obtained the following degrees: M.Th. New Testament (Cum Laude), M.A. Ancient Languages and Cultures (Cum Laude) and M.Div. (Cum Laude), BA Hons Ancient Languages and Cultures (Cum Laude), and B.Th. (Cum Laude) at the University of Pretoria. Her research interests are metaphor theory, spatiality, and early Christian literature and related texts. Potgieter has received various accolades including the Vice-Chancellor’s and Principal’s Award for the best graduate student, the Anton Rupert Scholarship in 2010, and the prestigious Skye Scholarship in 2015. In 2016 she won the Desmond Tutu-Gerrit Brand prize for the best theology debut book for Jong teoloë praat saam…oor God, gemeentes en geloof. Potgieter also served as a minister in the Netherdutch Church, Tuine, between 2018 and 2019.

Buhle Mpofu
Department of Practical Theology and Mission Studies, Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa Email: [e-mail] ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6833-0810
Buhle Mpofu received theological training at the University of KwaZulu Natal and Stellenbosch University and obtained the following qualifications: BA Theology (2003), BTH Hons (2006), MPhil (2010) and PhD in Practical Theology and Systematic Studies (2016).

Christo Lombaard
Department of Practical Theology and Mission Studies Faculty of Theology and Religion University of Pretoria Pretoria South Africa Email: [e-mail] ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0019-4717
Professor Christo Lombaard has been the Head of the Department of Practical Theology & Mission Studies, in the Faculty of Theology & Religion at the University of Pretoria since March 2021 (after 15 years at the University of South Africa [UNISA] as Research Professor of Christian Spirituality). His research specialisms include Biblical Spirituality (combining aspects of Spirituality Studies with especially Old Testament texts), Post-Secularity (as faith-positive world trend) and Theological Education. He holds two doctorates: a PhD in Communication Studies (North-West University [NWU], Potchefstroom campus, specialising in Religious Communications) and a DD in Theology (University of Pretoria, specialising in Old Testament Studies). He is a South African National Research Foundation (NRF) rated scholar and a regular contributor to conferences across the globe. His most accessible publication is The Old Testament and Christian Spirituality (Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature, 2012), which was awarded the 2013 Krister Stendahl scholarship medal by the Graduate Theological Foundation, United States of America (USA). (This volume may be downloaded for free at www.sbl-site.org/assets/pdfs/pubs/IVBS-lombaard2012.pdf).

Dons Kritzinger
Retired from Department of Missiology Faculty of Theology University of Pretoria Pretoria South Africa Email: [e-mail] ORCID: https://orcid