Christian Mission and a Diakonia of Reconciliation

by Chung, Paul S.

• ISBN13: 9781932688368
• ISBN10: 1932688366
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-09-30
• Publisher: Lutheran Univ Pr

Summary

Dr. Chung presents an understanding of the diakonia of reconciliation and discipleship in God¿s mission through the hermeneutical retrieval of justification, theologia crucis, and reconciliation. He undertakes the gargantuan task to connect and integrate diaconal service in the quest for social justice with the doctrine of justification. His theology of the diakonia of reconciliation and emancipation, for which Matthew 25 stands as the Magna Carta, explores the terrain of reconciliation of other religionists in an interreligious context, particularly as it encounters the Buddhist faith. Dr.Chung¿s intercultural emancipation theology, which he refers to as ¿my Asian irregular theology,¿ goes hand in hand with a Christian witness to the mystery of God¿s mission and active discipleship through the diakonia of reconciliation on behalf of the poor and also in recognition of the dignity and value of religious others.

Author Biography

Paul S. Chung is assistant professor at Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa. His books include Martin Luther and Buddhism: Aesthetics of Suffering.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 5
Preface	p. 7
Exploration Christian Theology and a Diakonia of Reconciliation	p. 9
Contextualization
A Global Configuration of Justification and Justice	p. 35
Hermeneutics of Law and Gospel and a Public Diakonia	p. 52
An Ecumenical Dialogue: Martin Luther and Karl Barth	p. 72
Retrieval
John Wichern: A Theologian of Social Diakonia	p. 83
Wilhelm Loehe: Confession and a Public Diakonia	p. 100
Christoph F. Blumhardt: The Church, a Prophetic Diakonia, and China Mission	p. 116
Karl Barth and a Diakonia of Reconciliation	p. 133
Witness
Dietrich Bonhoeffer: The Church and Israel	p. 153
Dietrich Bonhoeffer and His Legacy for Minjung Diakonia	p. 164
Karl Barth: God's Mission and Recognition of the Others	p. 180
Justification and Compassion: Interreligious Witness	p. 191
Index	p. 212
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