Mission and Development

God'S Work or Good Works?

AvMatthew Clarke

E-bok

Engelska, 2012

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Beskrivning

This book considers the implications, consequences, opportunities and constraints faced when mission and development endeavours coincide. This is explored from various perspectives, including that of history, theology and those involved in mission work and missionary organizations. Despite eighty per cent of the world's population professing religious belief, religion has been largely excluded from consideration of those seeking to achieve development in poorer countries. Moreover, the work of missionaries has often involved the provision of basic welfare services that in many parts of the world predate the interventions undertaken by 'professional' secular aid workers. Are missionaries doing development work or is development a critical aspect of mission?

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-01-26
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:216
Filformat:EPUB
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9780826444943
Förlag:Continuum Publishing Corporation

Utforska kategorier

Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion
Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Matthew Clarke is Associate Professor and Head of the School of International and Political Studies, Deakin University, Australia.

Recensioner i media

This collection makes a valuable contribution to understanding developments in Christian mission and the links between mission and development activities, mainly in the Pacific island states. The authors write from the perspective of mission organisations associated with a variety of denominations about theology and practice, historical and contemporary engagement with development activities (including service delivery, community development and political movements), the links and distinctions between mission and evangelism, foreign and local churches, mission organisations and donor agencies. They claim that Christian missions make important and positive contributions to the achievement of development objectives but also, importantly, recognise and explore some of the contradictions and challenges.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction: Good and God: Development and Mission Matthew Clarke Part I: History and Setting 2. Washing Our Dirty Feet: Christ and Development Jonathan Ryan 3. Christian Mission at the Crossroad of Development: Biblical and Magisterial Perspectives Jacob Kavunkal SVDPart II: Theology of Mission and Development 4. Fiji's Methodist Mission and its Role in Development through Education, Agriculture and Self-Governance in the early Twentieth Century Kirstie Close5. God i givim ples ya long yumi (God has given us this land): The Role of the Church in Building Pacific nations Matthew Clarke 6. The God Factor: Adventism, Medical Missionaries and 'Development' in Papua New Guinea Brad Watson Part III: Case Studies: Mission Organisations and Development 7. The Micah Mandate: An Evangelical View Steve Bradbury 8. Palms Australia: Missionaries, International Development Volunteers and Beyond: Prophetic Wisdom for Cross-Cultural Engagement Roger O'Halloran 9. Blurring Mission and Development in the Mennonite Central Committee Philip Fountain 10. Uniting World: Partnership for Effective Involvement in Mission including Development Kerry Enright and Vicki-Ann Ware 11. Mission and the Wane of the Secular Gerhard Hoffstaedter and Matthew Clarke Index