God’s Mission Challenges from the Otherness: Theological Reflections from the Context of Abya Yala
This article raises relevant aspects of the dialogue missiology regarding Abya Yala religions and cultures. It is based on the concept of missio Dei as critical to the Christian missionary experience in Latin America, and discusses some historical examples, including Bartolomé de Las Casas, José de...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2015
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Exchange
Year: 2015, Volume: 44, Issue: 1, Pages: 5-26 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture FD Contextual theology KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBR Latin America RJ Mission; missiology |
| Further subjects: | B
Missio Dei
missiology
Abya Yala religions
inculturation
critical Pentecostal theology
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| Summary: | This article raises relevant aspects of the dialogue missiology regarding Abya Yala religions and cultures. It is based on the concept of missio Dei as critical to the Christian missionary experience in Latin America, and discusses some historical examples, including Bartolomé de Las Casas, José de Acosta, Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala and Jorge Benci, in order to arrive at the proposals for inculturation and interculturality, as the present day challenges to innovative missionary action. It declares respect and love for the ‘other’ as the starting point for a journey responding to the passion of the God of Life for humanity and dignity of all peoples and cultures. It tries to rewrite mission theology as a ‘decolonizing’ task, at a time and in a world dominated by Western culture. This requires a difficult, but essential, ‘intercultural decentering’ (Josef Estermann), which is both a rupture and a personal, philosophical, theological and pastoral conversion in this direction. Examples derived from ‘critical Pentecostal’ theology can help us in this intent. |
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| ISSN: | 1572-543X |
| Contains: | In: Exchange
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/1572543X-12341348 |