RT Article
T1 Reconciliation and Mission
JF International review of mission
VO 109
IS 2
SP 163
OP 179
A1 Engelsviken, Tormod 1943-
LA English
PB Wiley-Blackwell
YR 2020
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/174145767X
AB This article discusses the message and ministry of reconciliation with a view to both its biblical content and its contemporary missional application. Within a salvation historical framework of missio Dei, the article outlines the biblical narrative about human beings created in the image of God for personal relationships with God, self, other people, and nature; the fall in sin and the human predicament that necessitate reconciliation; the historical reconciliation provided by God through the incarnation, atoning death, and victorious resurrection of Christ (the first stage); the message of reconciliation in the mission of the church; the present reception of reconciliation through faith in that message (the second stage); and the results of reconciliation both in relation to God (“vertical reconciliation”) and among human beings in the church and in the world (“horizontal reconciliation”), with an emphasis on peace, unity, love, forgiveness, righteousness, and freedom. Christ’s victory over and subjugation of all evil spirit powers are described as “cosmic reconciliation.” Because reconciliation may be partial in this world where sin still exists and evil powers are active, the eschatological hope is for a final reconciliation where the relationships to God, to other human beings, and to a recreated world are renewed and consummated.
K1 Christian values
K1 God’s judgment
K1 demonic spirits
K1 Diakonia
K1 Ecumenical Movement
K1 Image of God
K1 Justification
K1 Liberation
K1 Missio Dei
K1 Peace
K1 Reconciliation
K1 Salvation History
K1 Unity
K1 victory of Christ
DO 10.1111/irom.12326